Today in the United States, Joe Biden took office as president, but Donald Trump finally
Freedom Lewandowski
There are a total of 73 people on the list, including the formerGoogle engineer Anthony Levandowski. Before leaving the company, he stole 14,000 secret files related to the self-driving car project. These were graphics, design projects and drawings of future products.
After this, Lewandowski founded the startup Otto, based entirely on the stolen work, and after a while sold it to Uber. This led to litigation between Google and Uber.
Anthony Lewandowski was sentenced last yearto 18 months in prison, but he did not serve a single day. A whole community of supporters stood up for him, including Peter Thiel (one of the founders of PayPal) and Palmer Luckey (founder of Oculus). The judge then admitted that the case was “the biggest trade secret crime he had ever seen.”
Despite the seriousness of the crime, Trumppardoned the accused. “Mr. Lewandowski admitted his guilt. Remarkably, the judge who sentenced him called him a brilliant, innovative engineer that our country needs. I believe that Citizen Lewandowski has paid a significant price for his actions and will now devote his talents for the public good,” the former president emphasized.
The court also ordered Levandowski to pay $179 million to Google to resolve a contract dispute.
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