President Donald Trump has pardoned the former chief executive of the entertainment venue company Oak View Group months after he was indicted on a federal conspiracy charge .

Tim Leiweke, 68, who remains a shareholder of the company after he stepped down as CEO in July, expressed his "profound gratitude" to Trump for the pardon .

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“This has been a long and difficult journey for my wife, my daughter, and me,” Leiweke said in a statement Wednesday. “The President has given us a new lease on life with which we will be grateful and good stewards."

Leiweke was charged during the Trump administration.

A federal grand jury in Texas returned an indictment in July that accused Leiweke of conspiring with a competitor

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