MAGA mastermind Steve Bannon gets pardon in border wall funding case

President Trump issued a pardon to Steve Bannon on his final day in office, reversing criminal charges the former campaign CEO and one-time White House chief strategist faced for his role in an alleged “We Build the Wall” scam that raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting donors.

The pardon appeared among many others granted clemency in a list announced by the White House early Wednesday morning, just hours before President-elect Joe Biden was sworn in to office, and as Trump faces a Senate impeachment trial for a charge of incitement of insurrection in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol siege.