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The Guardian - US
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Robert Mackey

Trump pardons entertainment exec indicted by his own justice department

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Tim Leiweke in Manchester, England, on 20 April 2024. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Donald Trump quietly pardoned on Tuesday a sports and entertainment executive, Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own justice department this year.

Leiweke, who co-founded Oak View Group, was indicted in July for what federal prosecutors alleged was his role in “orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university in Austin, Texas”.

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