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President Trump on Monday night said he will pardon someone who is “very, very important” on Tuesday.

The president, making the declaration to reporters aboard Air Force One, didn’t identify who the person was, but ruled out his former national security adviser Michael Flynn and leaker Edward Snowden.

Trump said Saturday he’d look “very strongly” at pardoning Snowden, who’s accused of espionage and theft of government property for leaking troves of National Security Agency information.

Meanwhile, Trump said in May he was mulling a full pardon for Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during an investigation into the 2016 presidential campaign.

AP Photo/Mike RoemerAP Photo/Mike Roemer

The president in the past has wielded his pardon power.

He pardoned former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik and commuted the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in February.

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