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Donald Trump for presidential pardon
Thursday, June 7, 2018 –
6:36am
Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of a 63-year-old woman
who was serving a life sentence for non-violent drug offences.
Alice Marie Johnson was convicted on charges of conspiracy to
possess cocaine and attempted possession of cocaine, and had
already served 21 years before Trump intervened.
The pardon comes after reality TV star Kim Kardashian West
visited the White House to speak directly to Trump about Johnson’s
case last week, after contacting his daughter Ivanka to help set up
the meeting.
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Senior Trump advisers, including chief of staff John Kelly and
White House counsel Donald McGahn, both expressed their disapproval
of the decision to issue the pardon, with McGahn calling it “an
unnecessary action by the president”.
The Washington Post reports that senior White House
aides believe that Trump has become “fixated on his ability to
issue pardons”, which they describe as his “new favourite
thing”.
“The presidential pardon holds a special resonance for Trump,
representing one area where he has almost unchecked power as other
aspects of his presidency… remain outside his control,” The Post
says.
CNN reports that the pardon is “the sixth act
of clemency Trump has issued since taking office, and the second
granted by Trump after a celebrity appealed to him”.
Boxer Jack Johnson was posthumously pardoned by Trump last
month, after a lobbying effort by Hollywood actor Sylvester
Stallone.
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