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Former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. was granted clemency Tuesday.
According to Maegan Vazquez and Betsy Klein of CNN, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley announced president Donald Trump signed the executive order.
Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk noted DeBartolo, who purchased the 49ers in 1977, pleaded guilty to failing to report a felony in 1998 after former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards sought a $400,000 bribe from him in exchange for a casino license.
DeBartolo was not sentenced to time in prison, but he was ordered to pay a $1 million fine and given two years' probation.