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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency [whitehouse.gov]

Anthony Levandowski – President Trump granted a full pardon to Anthony Levandowski. This pardon is strongly supported by James Ramsey, Peter Thiel, Miles Ehrlich, Amy Craig, Michael Ovitz, Palmer Luckey, Ryan Petersen, Ken Goldberg, Mike Jensen, Nate Schimmel, Trae Stephens, Blake Masters, and James Proud, among others. Mr. Levandowski is an American entrepreneur who led Google's efforts to create self-driving technology. Mr. Levandowski pled guilty to a single criminal count arising from civil litigation. Notably, his sentencing judge called him a "brilliant, groundbreaking engineer that our country needs." Mr. Levandowski has paid a significant price for his actions and plans to devote his talents to advance the public good.

See also: Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski among list of last-minute Trump pardons [techcrunch.com]
Trump's last-minute pardons include Bannon, Lil Wayne and scores of others [cnn.com]
Trump Reportedly Abandoned Pardons For Snowden And Assange [shadowproof.com]
Trump declines to pardon Assange, Snowden, or 'Joe Exotic' – here's the 143 people he chose [bgr.com]

Previously: Text Messages Between Uber's Travis Kalanick and Anthony Levandowski Released [soylentnews.org]
The Fall of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick [soylentnews.org]
Uber Shutting Down Self-Driving Truck Division [soylentnews.org]
Ex-Uber Engineer Levandowski Pleads Guilty To Trade Secrets Theft [soylentnews.org]
Uber Accuses Levandowski of Fraud, Refuses to Pay $179M Google Judgment [soylentnews.org]
Ex-Googler Levandowski Gets 18 Months in Prison for Trade-Secret Theft [soylentnews.org]

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