Trump Pardons Miami Investor Charged in College Admissions Scandal [NY Times]

 The flava:

How Mr. Zangrillo came to be pardoned is unclear. Representatives for two people the White House listed in support of its action — the billionaire investor Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a close friend of Mr. Trump’s and a U.S.C. trustee, and Sean Parker, a co-founder of Napster and early president of Facebook — said that they had not been involved.

“Mr. Barrack had nothing whatsoever to do with Mr. Zangrillo’s pardon,” a spokesman said. “He never intervened and never had discussion with anyone about it. All reports to the contrary are patently false.”

A spokesman for Mr. Parker said he did not know Mr. Zangrillo, had not advocated for him, and did not know how his name had ended up on the White House’s list.

Mr. Zangrillo has not donated to Mr. Trump and does not have a long history of political contributions.

The article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/trump-pardon-robert-zangrillo-varsity-blues.html