{"id":35225,"date":"2025-11-14T15:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=35225"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:33:03","slug":"us-president-trump-pardons-former-tottenham-owner-joe-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/us-president-trump-pardons-former-tottenham-owner-joe-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"US President Trump Pardons Former Tottenham Owner Joe Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"314\">U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Joe Lewis, the 88-year-old billionaire and former owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/tottenham\/UDg08Ohm\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>, a White House official confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"462\">Lewis requested the pardon so he could receive medical treatment in the United States and visit his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"780\">The British businessman, whose family trust still holds the majority stake in Tottenham, pleaded guilty in 2024 to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. 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