Posted on 06/06/2018 10:11:06 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
BREAKING NEWS: Trump FREES drug offender grandmother who Kim Kardashian begged him to pardon and commutes her life sentence
Alice Johnson, 63, had her life sentence commuted, meaning she can be freed from federal prison
She was convicted of being part of a drug-smuggling ring - and sources say a dozen more pardons or commutations could follow
Kim Kardashian made a trip to meet Trump and beg for a pardon for Johnson at an Oval Office meeting
The president is said to be 'obsessed' with his power to issue pardons
President Donald Trump has freed a first-time drug offender and grandmother whose case has been championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
He commuted the life sentence of Alice Johnson, 63, after the personal plea in the Oval Office from the reality star.
Trump met with Kim Kardashian last week to discuss Johnson's case in the Oval Office. The White House shared a picture of Kardashian and Trump, who was grinning from ear to ear, after the meeting that reporters were not allowed anywhere near.
Johnson's attorneys had prepped Kardashian for the meeting with Trump where she begged for clemency for the for the great grandmother.
A lawyer for Johnson did not return a request for comment.
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Alice wasnt pardoned. Her sentence was commuted!
The author seems to conflate the two. Or doesnt understand the difference.
Now, now, don’t criticize your betters in the media, The are consummate professionals with college degrees and years of experience in messing up basic facts.
This is not a pardon. He commuted the sentence. I think he did the same for Blagovich.
“The president is said to be ‘obsessed’ with his power to issue pardons”
What a shi* head for writing that.
The DM, UK, HATES Trump and does numerous negative article on him every day.
The comments, however, frequently take the DM to task as being FAKE NEWS.
Funny!!!
Actually, I got an undergraduate degree in PhotoJournalism, but hated the journalism part so bad that I quit the profession and switched to marketing and advertising.
Glad I did then. Especially now!
If Obama just sat around issuing a thousand pardons a month to people he felt sorry for, it would have been more legal and less harmful to the country than his pen and phone, bureaucratic run around Congress.
“obsessed”, eh?
then I guess Clinton with his 2,000 pardons/commutations and Zero with his 1,900 pardons/commutations were also ‘obsessed’ ? (I forget what Bush did, 1600?)
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