Trump pardons billionaire friend Conrad Black, who wrote a book about him

Trump pardons billionaire friend Conrad Black, who wrote a glowing book about him

By Colby Itkowitz Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow May 15 at 9:39 PM President Trump gave a full pardon to a longtime friend who last year authored a glowing book about Trump’s successes.

The White House said in a statement that Black was “entirely deserving” of the pardon. It mentions biographies Black wrote about Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, but not his tome on Trump. Black, whose media company owned the Chicago Sun Times, at one time partnered with Trump to build Trump Tower in Chicago, but Trump later bought him out.“You are correct that no pardon has been applied for, and I have no comment on the subject,” Black told a Canadian news outlet. “The public speculation about it that I have seen is bunk.”

In addition to his book, Black frequently writes columns praising Trump and considers the president a friend.

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