(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 27, 2019 Former advisor to the US president and US publicist Steve Bannon poses during a photo session in Paris. - President Donald Trump has decided to pardon his influential former adviser Steve Bannon, US media reported January 19, 2021, though no official announcement had been made as Trump counted down his final hours in the White House. Bannon was granted clemency after being charged with defrauding people over funds raised to build the Mexico border wall that was a flagship Trump policy, the New York Times said citing White House officials. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)