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In one of his final gestures before leaving office, President Trump pardoned one of New York’s best-known art dealers, Hillel Nahmad, known as Helly, a member of a wealthy, influential family of art collectors that has been a fixture in auction houses for decades. Mr. Nahmad did not respond to a request for comment on his pardon from Mr. Trump, who has been something of his neighbor in New York. Mr. Nahmad bought every unit on the 51st floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan starting almost two decades ago. Mr. Nahmad’s pardon was one of 143 pardons and commutations Mr. Trump granted during his final hours in office, including pardoning Stephen K. Bannon, his former chief strategist, and Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., the musician known as Lil Wayne.