Bloomberg: Trump aides seek pardon for ‘Junk Bond King’ Michael Milken

Published June 15, 2018 5:32pm ET



High-level Trump administration officials are lobbying the president to pardon Michael Milken, dubbed the “junk bond king” for his work with speculative-debt securities at Drexel Burnham Lambert in the 1980s, Bloomberg reported.

Milken was sentenced in 1990 to 10 years in prison — later changed to two — after pleading guilty to six charges of violating securities and tax laws.

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