President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is set to pardon a "very, very important" person on Tuesday, according to a report.

The U.S. president said he it would not be leaker Edward Snowden or former national security agency adviser Michael Flynn.

He declined to give information regarding the pardon further, but he hinted that it was not Flynn or Snowden, a former U.S. National Security contractor.

Snowden was said to be living in Russia and has been charged with leaking secret information.

On Saturday, Trump said he was considering a pardon for Snowden, who gave away secret files in 2013 to news organizations that disclosed a wide array of information regarding domestic and international surveillance.

Who Is Edward Snowden?

Edward Snowden is a whistleblower who has earned around $1.2 million in speaking fees since he leaked confidential U.S. material to several media outlets, including The Guardian.

The servers Snowden used in leaking thousands of confidential files were reportedly paid for using Bitcoin.

The whistleblower also released a book entitled "Permanent Record" in September 2019.

Reports said that the statements from the published material were not challenged by the U.S.

 However, the government wants to seize its profits.

Snowden revealed that the U.S. government was involved in illegal dragnet surveillance of telecoms and internet communications, including by U.S. persons.

Snowden could face any charges if he returned to the U.S.

"He would be charged for each of the documents that have been published. The exposure that he faces is virtually unlimited under this," Ben Wizner, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union and Snowden legal adviser, was quoted in a The Guardian report.

Snowden's revelations caused a major local and international scandal. This also drove an intense debate over government eavesdropping.

Snowden has become a two-person for some organizations.

Civil liberties advocates see him as a hero, while others as a traitor.

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