Donald Trump pardons ex-Waymo and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski; Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey were among those supporting a pardon for Levandowski

Last year Anthony Levandowski pleaded guilty to one count of stealing materials from Google, where he was an engineer for its self-driving car efforts …

Engadget 2021-01-20 Richard Lawler

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@mikeisaac Rat King on x
the uber saga never ends on his way out of office, trump pardons Anthony Levandowski, who pleaded guilty for theft of trade secrets from google when he was a self driving car engineer there years ago https://www.whitehouse.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
@teddyschleifer Teddy Schleifer on x
Trump pardons former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski. On the recommendation of ... Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey! What a world. https://twitter.com/...
@alex @alex on x
Love to see black women get fired for doing their jobs at tech companies while tech crooks get last-minute pardons https://twitter.com/...
@violetblue Violet Blue on x
This makes my head hurt. https://twitter.com/...
@vladsavov Vlad Savov on x
The judge on this case: “This is the biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen. This was not small. This was massive in scale.” https://www.justice.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
@martinsfp Martin Sfp Bryant on x
Looking from across the Atlantic, Presidential pardons are baffling. https://www.theverge.com/...
@film_girl Christina Warren on x
I just. Wow. Wow. Wow. I'm assuming the criminal pardon doesn't change any of his civil liabilities tho, right? https://twitter.com/...
@harrymccracken Harry McCracken on x
Like me, he probably confused him with Corey Lewandowski. https://www.engadget.com/...

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Donald Trump pardons ex-Waymo and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski; Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey were among those supporting a pardon for Levandowski

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