President Donald Trump On Thursday, she appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a woman he pardoned during his first term, as “pardoning the emperor.”
The announcement came during the event of the Month of Black History on White house.
“Czar Party” will be responsible for making recommendations on who should be approved.
Alice Marie Johnson, who was sentenced to her sentence by US President Donald Trump (L) after serving for 21 years in prison for cocaine trade, thanks to the press during the celebration of the first step in the east room of the White House on April 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodeville/Getty Images)
The New York Times for the first time reported that Trump was thinking about the appointment of Johnson “Pardon Car”.
Johnson was convicted of non -violent drug trade in Memphis, TennesseeAnd after serving 21, Trump spent her life sentence.
The reality television star Kim Kardashian West met with Trump in the White House a week before releasing freedom to talk about the case of great -grandmother.
Alice Marie Johnson and Kim Kardashian participate in an event celebrating Johnson’s five years of freedom and honoring Kim Kardashian on June 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Phillip Pharaoone/Getty Pictures for ABA)
Who Alice Marie Johnson, Praunika Trump awarded mercy?
She was arrested in 1993 and convicted of conspiracy on drugs and money laundering in 1996.
A series of unhappy events, including the death of her son, financial trouble and divorce, led her to involvement in cocaine dealers.
“In the 1990s, I was a single mother who would lose the house,” Johnson wrote in an article on the digital opinion of Fox News. “In a desperate moment, I made a bad decision about life to become a low -level player in drug surgery. When law bodies I stopped drug surgery, I was prosecuted and sentenced to a lifetime prison. “
Alice Johnson examined Aliceville, Alabama, after she was approved by Clemency and released from prison in the city in 2018. (Stand together/Gina K. Danals)
While Johnson claims that he “never touched, saw or selling any drugs,” she admitted that she had assisted in communication.
While in prison, she worked at a prison hospice, volunteered at the prison church, became a ordained minister and started writing and directing games.
After pardoning, she remained under federal supervision for five years.
Kim Kardashian West advocates Alice Johnson, others who are in prison
She became a champion for overloaded cases and fought against unnecessary supervision after incarceration.
Her work on criminal law The reform led her to the launch of “taking a good action”, which advocated caressing and pardoning for more than 100 people.
She also published a book and joined with a philanthropic organization, Stand together.
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Fox News Digital’s Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Emma Colton and Alice Marie Johnson contributed to this report.
