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President Donald Trump On Thursday he appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a woman who forgave during her first mandate, as “Pardón Tsar.”
The announcement occurred during an event of the month of black history in the White House.
The “Pardón Tsar” will be responsible for making recommendations on who should be given clemency.
Alice Marie Johnson, who made her sentence commuted by the president of the United States, Donald Trump (L), after serving 21 years in prison for cocaine traffic, thanks to the press during a celebration of the law of the first step in The East of the White House of April 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Somodevilla/Getty images)
The New York Times reported for the first time that Trump was thinking of naming Johnson “Pardón Tsar.”
Johnson was convicted of non -violent drug trafficking in Memphis, TennesseeAnd after turning 21, its life imprisonment was switched by Trump.
The reality television star Kim Kardashian West met with Trump at the White House a week before his launch to discuss the case of great -grandmother.
Alice Marie Johnson and Kim Kardashian attend an event that celebrates the five years of Johnson’s freedom and honors Kim Kardashian on June 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Phillip Faraone/Getty images for ABA)
Who is Alice Marie Johnson, the great -grandmother Trump to which Clemencia granted?
It was arrested in 1993 and convicted of drug conspiracy and money laundering in 1996.
A series of unfortunate events, including the death of their son, financial problems and divorce, led her to participate with cocaine vendors.
“In the 1990s, she was a single mother about to lose my home,” Johnson wrote in a Fox News digital opinion article. “At a desperate time, I made a bad decision that alters the life of becoming a low -level player in a drug operation. When Police authorities I broke the drug operation, I was prosecuted and sentenced to life imprisonment. “
Alice Johnson returns to visit Aliceville, Alabama, after she was granted clemency and released from a prison in the city in 2018. (Stand Together/Gina K. Danals)
While Johnson says he never “touched, saw or sold a single drug,” he admitted to having helped communications.
While I was in prison, she worked at the Hospice in the prison, she offered as a volunteer in the prison church, she became an ordered minister and began writing and directing plays.
After being forgiven, she remained under federal supervision for five years.
Kim Kardashian West advocates Alice Johnson, others that are imprisoned
He became a champion of overloaded cases officers and has fought against unnecessary supervision after Incarcel.
His work in Criminal Justice The reform led her to launch “take measures for good”, who advocated clemency and pellets for more than 100 people.
He also published a book and associated with the philanthropic organization, Stand Together.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Emma Colton and Alice Marie Johnson of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
