President Donald Trump’s Newly appointed “Pardon Czar” outlined the priorities for her role Monday and told “America’s Newsroom” that she is “ready” and would like to get started.
“I intend to fulfill the confidence that the president has placed in me,” said Alice Marie Johnson, a former prisoner who is decorating Trump during his first administration.
“He has given me specific marsorders and I have actually been working on this non -stop since my release. This is really a continuation of the work I have already done. I have brought a lot of gratitude for the president the past and one thing I can do Saying about President Trump (IS), he was very interested in their families.
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)
Trump commuted Johnson’s life sentence for non -violent drug trafficking in 2018 after serving for 21 years in a prison of Alabama.
A series of unfortunate events, including the death of her son, financial problems and a divorce, led to her involvement in cocaine dealers in the nineties in Memphis, Tennessee. While Johnson claims that she never “touched, saw or sold a single medicine,” she admitted that she assisted in communication.
Trump announced the great-grandmother’s appointment during a Black History Month event on it White House Thursday.
Johnson said she wants to ensure that she recommends the best grace candidates to Trump, and that means assessing their willingness to reintegrate into their communities, including an available job and a house that waits for them.
Who is Alice Marie Johnson, the great -grandmother Trump has granted Clemency?
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 on 1 April 2019 in Washington, DC . (Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)
“(I want to be sure) that they not only have the opportunity for a second chance, but for their best chance of success,” she said.
“Then a follow-up is needed because I don’t want to help people get home, and then at the same time with a probationary period, not to do something wrong, but to make sure they have things that will help them (de) make correct decisions. “
Johnson said that the various support methods that are available for grace workers would include Mental health care And a focus on family and religious support.
Trump spent 144 grace during his first term of the White House. Hours after returning to the office on January 20, he will perish almost all January 1500 participants.
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Alexandra Koch from Fox News has contributed to this report.
