President Donald Trump On Thursday, Alice Marie Johnson, a woman he ends during his first term, named ‘Pardon Czar’.
The announcement came during a Black History Month event at the White house.
The “Pardon Czar” is responsible for making recommendations about who should receive a clementia.
Alice Marie Johnson, who had her punishment commuted by US President Donald Trump (L) after 21 years in prison for cocaine trade, thanks the press during a celebration of the first Standwet in the East Chamber of the White House in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)
The New York Times reported for the first time that Trump was thinking of calling Johnson “Pardon Czar”.
Johnson was convicted of non -violent drug trafficking in Memphis, TennesseeAnd after having held 21 years, her life imprisonment was converted by Trump.
Reality television star Kim Kardashian West met Trump a week prior to her release in the White House to discuss the great-grandmother’s matter.
Alice Marie Johnson and Kim Kardashian attend an event in honor of Johnson’s five years of freedom and honoring Kim Kardashian on 8 June 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Phillip Faraone/Getty images for ABA)
Who is Alice Marie Johnson, the great -grandmother Trump has granted Clemency?
She was arrested in 1993 and convicted of conspiracy of drugs and money laundering in 1996.
A series of unfortunate events, including the death of her son, financial problems and a divorce, led her to involvement in cocaine dealers.
“In the nineties I was a single mother to lose my house,” wrote Johnson in a Fox News Digital Opinion article. “In a desperate moment I made a life -changing bad decision to become a player at a low level in a drug operation. Law enforcement authorities Broke the drug operation, I was prosecuted and convicted of life in prison. “
Alice Johnson visits Aliceville, Alabama, after she was released from a prison in the city in the city in 2018. (Standing together/gina k. danals)
While Johnson claims that she never “touched, saw or sold a single medicine,” she admitted that she assisted in communication.
In prison she worked in the Prison Hospice, offered herself in the prison church, became a sacred minister and began to write and direct.
After she had grace, she remained under federal supervision for five years.
Kim Kardashian West argues for Alice Johnson, others trapped
She became a champion for overburdened case officers and has fought against unnecessary supervision after the catching up.
Her work on criminal law Reform led her to launch ‘Action for Good’, who argued for more than 100 people for clementia and grace.
She also published a book and collaborated with the philanthropic organization, Stand Together.
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Kaitlyn Schaallhorn from Fox News Digital, Emma Colton and Alice Marie Johnson have contributed to this report.
