'Fat Leonard' planning to ask Trump for pardon or commutation
Con man Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," the mastermind of one of the largest U.S. military bribery scandals, plans to ask President Trump to pardon him or commute what's left of his prison sentence.
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Con man Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," the mastermind of one of the largest U.S. military bribery scandals, plans to ask President Trump to pardon him or commute what's left of his prison sentence. Francis, also a former Malaysian defense contractor, told The Washington Post in a story published Monday that he...
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- Con man Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," the mastermind of one of the largest U.S. military bribery scandals, plans to ask President Trump to pardon him or commute what's left of his prison sentence.
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