Steve Bannon was an advisor to Trump.

In 2020 he was indicted for using donations to his nonprofit organization for his personal use. The organization was advertised as supporting the building of a border wall between the United States and Mexico.

His case had not yet gone to trial.

The White House statement described the charges against Bannon as "related to fraud stemming from his involvement in a political project." The statement also described Bannon as "an important leader in the conservative movement... known for his political acumen."

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Conrad M. Black was convicted in 2007 of fraud for stealing $60 million from his company, Hollinger International. He also was convicted of obstruction of justice.

Black is a long-time associate of President Trump.

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Rod Blagojevich was convicted of several corruption charges including...

He had served 8 years of his 14-year sentence before being pardoned by Trump.

Blagojevich is a former contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice - a reality show that was hosted by Trump.

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One of President Trump's top fund-raisers in 2016. Elliott Broidy pleaded guilty in 2020 to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws as part of a covert campaign to influence the Trump administration on behalf of Chinese and Malaysian interests.

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For more on the crimes committed by Broidy, read the Washington Post story.

Edward DeBartolo was owner of the San Francisco 49ters National Football League team.

In 1998 DeBartolo pleaded guilty in a bribery case in which he had given $400,000 to then Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards to help him obtain a state casino license. He received two years probation and had to pay a $1 million fine.

He has been a large supporter of Trump and the Republican party.

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In December 2017, Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about conversations he had with a Russian official during the transition from President Barack Obama to Donald Trump.

In addition to pardoning Flynn for this offense, Trump also preemptively pardoned him for "any and all possible offenses" related to the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

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Bernard Kerik is a longtime associate of Rudy Giuliani.

Kerik pleaded guilty in 2009 to tax fraud and making false statements to the government while being vetted for federal position. He served three years in prison.

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Charles Kushner is the father of Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner.

In 2004 he pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns and campaign finance reports.

He also pleaded guilty to witness tampering. Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his sister's husband and sent her a videotape of the encounter in an attempt to intimidate her into not testifying.

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie - who prosecuted the case as a federal attorney - called it one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes he had prosecuted.

Kushner served just over a year in federal prison from 2005 to 2006.

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Paul Manafort - who for a time managed Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign - was convicted of tax and bank fraud in 2018.

The charges were among those brought as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 presidential election.

They stemmed from Manafort's work for pro-Russian interests in Ukraine.

He was sentenced to almost four years in prison.

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Paul Pogue pleaded guilty in 2010 to underpaying his taxes. He was sentenced to three years in prison, and was ordered to pay about three-quarters of a million dollars in restitution and a fine.

Pogue's son Ben had donated approximately $100,000 to help Trump's re-election campaign.

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Roger Stone was convicted in November 2019 of making false statements to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing an official proceeding. He was sentenced to 40 months in prison.

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Trump has not been convicted of a federal crime, so he has no reason to pardon himself. He is, however, part of an investigation into his campaign's and his businesses' ties to Russia, and has explored the possibility.

He claims to have the power to issue a self-pardon. However, that power cannot be fully determined unless he (or a future president) attempts it.

Though a president's pardon power extends to federal crimes only, it is unclear about the ability to issue a pardon for a state crime if a pardon has been given for the same federal issue.

A presidential self-pardon does not immunize a president from impeachment.