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Conrad Black's presidential pardon

The ex-media mogul has been pardoned by President Trump after serving jail time for fraud

Former media mogul Conrad Black has been granted a Presidential pardon by Donald Trump. He was jailed for over three years after being convicted for fraud and obstructing justice in 2007. He told Today that his conviction was "an unjust verdict" and he "should never have been charged". The British peer once ran a media empire that included the UK's Daily Telegraph.

(Image: Conrad Black, credit: Mark Blinch/Reuters)

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