Outgoing President Trump Pardons Lil Wayne and Kodak Black

Last week, in the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Florida rapper Kodak Black, born Bill Kahan Kapri, as part of his list of presidential pardons. Kodak was in prison for making a false statement to buy a firearm, and had made claims that he had been tortured by guards and drugged by corrections officers while imprisoned.

Donald Trump in a last-minute clemency flurry early Wednesday. But the news was not as good for one hopeful celebrity.— Rapper Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was given a full pardon.

Rapper Lil Wayne thanked former President Donald Trump for pardoning him in one of his final acts before leaving the White House. Trump issued a number of pardons and sentence commutations early Wednesday as he prepared to leave the presidency.

Lil Wayne and Kodak Black have publicly thanked Donald Trump after he granted them a full presidential pardon.The rappers were among 140 people who were either granted pardons or had their sentences commuted by the former President before he left office yesterday (January 20).Wayne earlier shared his new song ‘Ain’t Got Time’ following his pardon but he has now taken to Twitter to thank Trump.“I want to thank President Trump for recognizing that I have so much more to give to my family, my art,

Lil Wayne is speaking out about his recent pardoning by former President Donald Trump.

Lil Wayne is celebrating his recent presidential pardon in a big way.

President Donald Trump has left the White House, ending a four-year term that saw him impeached twice, left him banned from his preferred social network and scorned by Hollywood over his policies and temperament. On Wednesday, shortly after 8 a.m., Trump boarded Marine One and flew to Joint Base Andrews where he gave a farewell address to supporters on the tarmac.

Lil Wayne and Kodak Black have been granted pardons by U.S. President Donald Trump in his last day in office.Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter, received a full pardon on the federal weapons charge he pled guilty to last year (2020), while Black, real name Bill Kapri, received a commutation after being charged with falsifying information on federal forms to buy firearms in 2019.“President Trump and his administration have been tireless advocates on behalf of the African-American community,” Bradford

Rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black are among the people to have been pardoned or had their sentences commuted by Donald Trumpin his last full day in office. Late on Tuesday, the president granted 73 pardons and commuted the sentences for 70 other individuals.

Alice Johnson — who spent 22 years in jail for the non-violent, first-time offense of her role in a large cocaine-dealing ring — in 2018, she began working to secure Young’s freedom. In September 2018, the reality star visited the Oval Office with former U.S.

Donald Trump is having some very busy final days in office.

Two rappers are among the list of pardons made by President Donald Trump during his final hours in office today. Per The Guardian, Lil Wayne, who plead guilty to a federal weapons charge in December of last year and faced up to 10 years in prison, received a full presidential pardon from Trump, while Kodak Black, who is in prison for making a false statement to buy a firearm, had his sentence commuted.

Lil Wayne and Kodak Black have been pardoned by President Donald Trump. The rappers were included in the final wave of pardons and commutations Trump granted on Tuesday, his last full day in office, according to a statement released by the White House.Wayne pleaded guilty last month to illegally carrying a loaded handgun while traveling to Florida on a private plane in December 2019, according to .He was set to face up to 10 years in prison at a hearing in Miami on Jan.

Donald Trump has issued a pardon and sentence commutation to rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. President Trump issued 73 pardons and 70 sentence commutations early Wednesday as he prepared to leave office.

In the final hours of his presidency, Donald Trump has pardoned rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black. Lil Wayne was facing up to ten years in prison on weapons charges, while Kodak Black was already partway through a 46 month jail sentence.Quashing federal convictions is apparently one of Trump’s favourite parts of the presidential job and, according to reports, deciding to whom he should grant pardons on his final day in office has been something of an obsession in recent weeks.

direct to your inboxFormer chief strategist Steve Bannon has been pardoned by US President Donald Trump.Rapper Lil Wayne and Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy are also among the 143 people to benefit from a late flurry of clemency action.However Wikileaks founder Julian Assange did not make the list, despite his supporters hoping Mr Trump would act.His partner Stella Moris previously said: “I urge the (US) Department of Justice to drop the charges and the President of the United States to

Donald Trump’s presidency ended not with a bang but with an odious whimper of cronyism. Trump, 74, issued a long list of clemencies and pardons on Jan. 19, his last full day in office before Joe Biden’s term began, and two of those receiving Donald’s “generosity” were none other than Lil Wayne, 38, and Kodak Black, 23, who both publicly supported Trump amid his reelection campaign in Oct. 2020.

Lil Wayne and Kodak Black have been pardoned by President Donald Trump. The rappers were included in the final wave of pardons and commutations Trump granted on Tuesday, his last full day in office, according to multiplereports. Wayne pleaded guilty last month to illegally carrying a loaded handgun while traveling to Florida on a private plane in December 2019, according to CBS News.He was set to face up to 10 years in prison at a hearing in Miami on Jan.