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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021
Trump pardons Bannon, dozens of others
President did not
pardon himself
By JONATHAN LEMIRE,
ERIC TUCKER and
JILL COLVIN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Donald Trump pardoned
former chief strategist Steve
Bannon in the fi nal hours of
his White House term as part
of a fl urry of clemency action
that benefi ted more than 140
people, including rap per-
formers, ex-members of Con-
gress and other allies of him
and his family.
The last-minute clemency,
announced after midnight
on Wednesday, follows sep-
arate waves of pardons over
the past month for Trump
associates convicted in the
FBI’s Russia investigation as
well as for the father of his
son-in-law.
Taken together, the actions
underscore the president’s
willingness, all the way
through his four years in the
White House, to fl ex his con-
stitutional powers in ways that
defy convention and explicitly
aid his friends and supporters.
Trump did not pardon him-
self, despite speculation that
he would, in the face of poten-
tial federal investigations. He
had previously asserted that
he had the authority to do so.
He also did not pardon his
children or his personal law-
yer, Rudy Giuliani.
The fi nal list was full of
more conventional candidates
whose cases had been cham-
pioned by criminal justice
activists. One man who has
spent nearly 24 years in prison
on drug and weapons charges
but had shown exemplary
behavior behind bars had his
sentence commuted. So did a
former U.S. Marine sentenced
in 2000 in connection with a
cocaine conviction.
Even so, the names of
prominent Trump allies none-
theless stood out.
One pardon recipients
was Elliott Broidy, a prom-
inent Republican fundraiser
who pleaded guilty last fall in
a scheme to lobby the Trump
administration to drop an
investigation into the loot-
ing of a Malaysian wealth
fund. Another was Ken Kur-
son, a friend of Trump son-
Alex Brandon/AP Photo
President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Marine One on
the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday en route to
his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort.
in-law Jared Kushner who
was charged last October with
cyberstalking during a heated
divorce.
Bannon’s pardon was
especially notable given that
the prosecution was still in its
early stages and any trial was
months away. Whereas par-
don recipients are convention-
ally thought of as defendants
who have faced justice, often
by having served at least some
prison time, the pardon nulli-
fi es the prosecution and effec-
tively eliminates any prospect
for punishment.
Bannon was charged in
August with duping thou-
sands of donors who believed
their money would be used
to fulfi ll Trump’s chief cam-
paign promise to build a wall
along the southern border.
Instead, he allegedly diverted
over a million dollars, paying
a salary to one campaign offi -
cial and personal expenses for
himself. His co-defendants
were not pardoned.
“Steve Bannon is getting
a pardon from Trump after
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Barbara A. Dunn
defrauding Trump’s own sup-
porters into paying for a wall
that Trump promised Mex-
ico would pay for,” U.S. Rep.
Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said
on Twitter. “And if that all
sounds crazy, that’s because
it is. Thank God we have only
12 more hours of this den of
thieves.”
Other presidents have
issued controversial pardons
before leaving the White
House. But perhaps no other
commander in chief has so
enjoyed using the clemency
authority to benefi t not only
friends and acquaintances but
also celebrity defendants and
those championed by allies.
Wednesday’s list includes
its share of high-profi le
defendants.
Among them were rappers
Lil Wayne and Kodak Black,
both convicted in Florida on
weapons charges. Wayne,
whose real name is Dwayne
Michael Carter, has fre-
quently expressed support for
Trump and recently met with
the president on criminal jus-
tice issues. Kodak Black, also
known as Bill K. Kapri, had
his sentence commuted.
Others on the list included
Death
Row
Records
co-founder Michael Harris
and New York art dealer and
collector Hillel Nahmad.
Pardoned were former
U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, an Ari-
zona Republican who was
sentenced to three years for
corruption, money laundering
and other charges, and for-
mer U.S. Rep. Randy “Duke”
Cunningham, of California,
who was convicted of accept-
ing bribes from defense con-
tractors. Cunningham, who
was released from prison in
2013, received a conditional
pardon.
Trump commuted the
prison sentence of former
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kil-
patrick, who has served about
seven years behind bars for
a racketeering and bribery
scheme.
Trump had already par-
doned a slew of longtime asso-
ciates and supporters, includ-
ing his former campaign
chairman, Paul Manafort;
Charles Kushner, the father
of his son-in-law; his long-
time friend and adviser Roger
Stone; and his former national
security adviser, Michael
Flynn.
Joyce (Carol) Mansfi eld Rivers
Surfside, Washington
Sept. 14, 1934 — Jan. 7, 2021
Astoria
Aug. 30, 1935 — Dec. 6, 2020
Barbara A. Dunn passed away at home on
She began painting while living in Van-
Jan. 7, 2021, of pancreatic cancer. She was couver, Washington. She started out paint-
surrounded by family and friends; she was 86 ing scenes and fl owers, but bright, bold and
years young.
whimsical seemed to be her calling.
Mom was born to Cleatus Mar-
In 2006, Mom decided to be
shall and Ann Barbara Nichols
closer to home, and moved to Surf-
on Sept. 14, 1934, in Holdenville,
side. She got to spend time with her
Oklahoma. She was the fi rst born of
grandson, Kevin. And of course,
three children with her brother, Joe
volunteering.
Daniel Nichols, and sister, Betty
Mom began helping at the ani-
Lorene. They all preceded her in
mal shelter and later, looked for-
death.
ward to helping each week at the
Mom was born during the
food bank and the visitor center in
Depression, and after moving many
Long Beach, Washington. She also
Barbara Dunn
times, the family fi nally settled in
became a member of Peninsula
Warrenton in 1941.
Baptist Church.
She married Dewey Dunn in 1951, and
Mom acquired three cats after moving to
they had three sons, Dewey Allen, Daniel Joe Surfside, “Leo,” “Truman” and “Lola.” They
(married to Diane) and Kevin Lynn (married kept her company while painting and relaxing
to Trisha), who have a son, Kevin James. Her at home.
children and grandson survive her.
She liked doing yard work, and was proud
Mom and Dad were divorced in 1966, and of the fact that she still mowed her own yard.
she began working for Avon. She started as
When Mom passed away, she only had
“The Avon Lady,” and excelled in a career Lola, and she would be so happy to know that
that went on for 28 years, until she retired in Lola has a new home, and is loved.
1994. She felt truly blessed to have a job that
There were many friends in our mom’s life,
she loved.
and to name a few would leave out so many.
Mom did lots of volunteer work. She was However, in the last few years, Mom’s friend,
very active in New Hope Community Church Becky Silvey, did so much to help Mom with
and she volunteered at Our House and served doctor visits, trips to Astoria, church and any-
on the board of directors. She was an active thing that would come up. We cannot thank
member in the American Business Women’s her enough.
Association.
We hope to have a celebration of life when
Mom traveled the world with her fam- circumstances will allow for a gathering.
ily and many of her friends, including China,
There is an online guest book at Pentti-
Africa, Europe, Turkey and many more far off la’s Chapel by the Sea at penttilaschapel.com.
places.
Please sign it and leave a favorite memory of
Mom was a bridge player, and spent Mom.
years on the board of District 20 for Dupli-
We wish to thank everyone who had the
cate Bridge; she had achieved the rank of Life pleasure of knowing our mother and being a
Master.
part of her incredible journey.
Joyce (Carol) Mansfi eld Rivers, 85, environmental law. Joyce was a passionate
beloved mother, died peacefully at her Asto- participant and supporter of many political
ria home on Dec. 6, 2020, after a lengthy causes, including women’s rights and the
environment.
illness.
Joyce belonged to the St. Mary,
Joyce was born in 1935 in Fair-
Star of the Sea Catholic Church in
banks, Alaska, and also lived in
Astoria.
Juneau when her father, Ralph
Joyce is survived by her daugh-
Rivers, served as territorial attor-
ter, Eugenie Rivers, of Bellevue,
ney general.
Washington; and her son, Ralph
She later lived in Sacramento,
Mansfi eld, of Astoria.
California, where she graduated
She was preceded in death by
from the University of the Pacif-
her daughter, Patricia Kae; her
ic’s McGeorge School of Law in
father, Ralph Rivers, who was
1977, one of only three women in
Joyce Rivers
also Alaska’s fi rst congressman;
her class.
her mother, Carol Rivers; and
After receiving her law degree,
she returned to Alaska, where she lived in her brother, Julian Rivers, of Anchorage,
Anchorage and worked for the attorney gen- Alaska.
Joyce’s ashes will be interred next to her
eral’s offi ce, and then for many years as
father’s grave at Claquato Cemetery in Che-
in-house counsel for Alascom.
After retiring from Alascom, she attended halis, Washington, on Feb. 6 at 11 a.m.
All our love goes with you on this next
the University of Iowa, where she received
her master’s in law degree in international step of your journey, Mom.
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