Trump pardons former Google self-driving car engineer

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Sentenced for stealing trade secrets.

Trump pardons former Google self-driving car engineer
FILE PHOTO: Former Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski leaves the federal court after his arraignment hearing in San Jose, California, U.S. August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
US President Donald Trump has given a full pardon to a former Google engineer sentenced for stealing a trade secret on self-driving cars months before he briefly headed Uber Technologies' rival unit. Anthony Levandowski, 40, was sentenced in August to 18 months in prison after pleading ...

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