Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. In April 2018 he pardoned Scooter Libby, a political aide to former Vice President Dick Cheney, who had been convicted of obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements to the FBI. In May 2018 he granted a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, a black boxer who had been convicted in 1913 for traveling across state lines with his white girlfriend. In June 2018 he pardoned conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza, who had made illegal political campaign contributions.