British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur football club, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump, authorities confirmed on Thursday. The pardon comes more than a year after Lewis was fined $5 million and admitted guilt to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York.
Lewis, 88, had sought the pardon to facilitate medical treatment and visits with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the United States, according to an anonymous White House official discussing the pardon that has not officially been announced.
