Trump forgives a media mogul, former GOP executive of the California State Assembly

President TrumpDonald John TrumpNapolitano says Trump has violated the separation of powers 3 times over the past week. Bill on medical bills by surprise goes well Trump forgives media mogul, former California GOP chief On Wednesday, media mogul Conrad Moffat Black and Patrick Nolan, former president of the Republican Assembly in California, were pardoned.

Black, a Canadian citizen born in Canada, was managing director of Hollinger International, publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Jerusalem Post. In 2007, he was convicted of three postal fraud and one head of obstruction of justice in the US District Court in Chicago.

The 74-year-old media mogul has spent three and a half years in prison, the White House said in a statement announcing his pardon.

In its statement, the White House said the Supreme Court "largely disagreed and reversed almost all charges against him."

Two of his three convictions for fraud were subsequently quashed, resulting in a shorter sentence. He was released from a Florida jail in May 2012 and was later deported from the United States.

"Entrepreneur and academic, Lord Black has made a significant contribution to the business world, as well as to political and historical thought," said the White House.

Black has written a book about the president titled "Donald J. Trump: An Unparalleled President," published in 2018.

Nolan, who was also pardoned on Wednesday, was a California legislative leader who spent years in prison after being convicted in the 1990s for assaulting the FBI.

Nolan was secretly registered accepting checks from an FBI undercover agent and was later charged with using his political bureau to solicit illegal contributions to a campaign, reported the Los Angeles Times. Angeles Times.

He later pleaded guilty to a racketeer and served a 25-month sentence in a federal prison.

The White House has called Nolan's choice to plead guilty as "difficult".

"He could defend himself against accusations of public corruption and risk decades of imprisonment, or he could plead guilty and accept a 33-month sentence," the White House said. "Determined to help his wife raise their three young children, Mr. Nolan chose to accept the plea."

"Mr. Nolan's experiences with prosecutors and in prison have changed his life, and after his release he became a tireless advocate for criminal justice reform and victims' rights," the White House added.