As President Trump’s term came to a close, he embraced one tradition while ignoring so many others, leaving a note in the Oval Office for the next president, Joe Biden.
In his last full day in office, President Trump pardoned former adviser Stephen K. Bannon, GOP donor Elliott Broidy and a raft of well-connected celebrities, politicians and nonviolent drug offenders, but he did not preemptively pardon himself or his family members.