President Trump’s advisers, Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving a life imprisonment for drug conviction when he reduced her sentence during his first term, is “pardoning the Caesar”, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
It was not immediately clear what the role would follow, but Ms. Johnson, at the end of Mr. Trump’s first term, said she wanted to work on behalf of people who believed that the compassion should be considered.
The appointment of Mrs. Johnson has not been completed, and like many things in the world of Mr. Trump, plans can change. When she arrived over the phone, Mrs. Johnson refused to comment. A White House spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
Mrs. Johnson, whose case was originally Mr. Trump caught the attention of Kim Kardashian, He became a voice supporter of the president. Some of Mr. Trump’s advisers see that it is a political useful for him over the years; During the 2020 presidential race, the Trump campaign appeared in the Super Bowl advertisement in an attempt to reach black voters.
However, its case, and the new role of “Pardon the Caesar” shows how Mr. Trump’s approach to reforming criminal justice is packed with contradictions. The first step law of the two parties, which aims to reduce the prison sentence of some non -non -non -NGO crimes, occurred during his first term, and then informed the advisers separately, shortly after that he regretted it, according to many officials who work with him at that time.
During his 2024 campaign, he called for the shooting of thieves stealing pharmacies and the death penalty for drug and merchants. Then, in one of his first actions as a president in his second term, he issued a grant of raising to all 1,600 people accused regarding the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 – violent and non -violence.
The case of Mrs. Johnson was considered an example of the laws of government that issued the rulings that were not in proportionally proportional to non -violent criminals, especially women and members of minority societies. Her case has become a crowd cry for reform yet Virus video Mrs. Johnson drew talking from prison the attention of Mrs. Kardashian.
Mr. Trump’s son -in -law, Jared Kushner, who was then a presidential advisor, arranged a meeting between Mrs. Kardashian and Mr. Trump In May 2018 On Mrs. Johnson 63 – Mrs. Kardashian bought her case.
Mr. Trump diluted the penalty of Mrs. Johnson one week later, which led to the release of her from prison. Then he issued a complete amnesty during his campaign to re -election for the year 2020, which eliminated its conviction.
Mr. Trump’s opposition decision was faced within his administration and some allies.
Ms. Johnson He was imprisoned in Alabama Federal Prison since 1996 after he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the prison as the perpetrator for the first time not violent. She was accused of possession of cocaine and money laundering in a drug conspiracy case.
She was a five -year -old mother in Memphis, had a history of gambling, unemployment, bankruptcy and mortgage before she participated in a drug ring. She was arrested in 1993 as part of a cocaine transfer from Houston to Memphis, and transmitted encrypted messages between the conspirators.
It also bought a house in a batch of introduction that it organized with three separate financial requests under the maximum report of $ 10,000. Under the rules for issuing mandatory rulings, a life period was given without conditional release, although it has never sold drugs. Many of the participating defendants who witnessed against them were sentenced or conditions of up to 10 years.
Mrs. Johnson had spent two decades of referee, during which she became Jeddah and Jeddah, a great grandmother, and took over educational and professional programs, volunteered to help sick and death prisoners, and helped coordinate the private Olympic Games in prison.
Mr. Trump She cited the case of Mrs. Johnson, among other thingsAt the signing ceremony of the first step law.
“Alice Johnson-she allowed her to leave. She was in prison for 22 years. She had another 28 years. The crime was, let’s say-I think most of you would agree-he did not deserve a 50-year prison sentence.”
“She went out, and I will never forget a look at her face,” said Mr. Trump, describing her family watching her. “I said, what a beautiful thing.”
The first step was one of the most subordinate criminal justice reform laws in decades. It has collected new funding for exhaustion programs, expanding early credits for prisoners and reducing some mandatory sentences. The draft law will help forming tens of thousands of current prisoners and criminals in the future. Thousands They were released from federal reservation After it passes.
In November 2024 TV interviewMrs. Johnson said that after her release, she personally submitted more than 100 pets to the White House after Mr. Trump asked her to collect a list of people who believe they deserve to be compassionate.
She said, “I am very blessed to be free for myself.” “Work continues. I can only defend imprisoned people, because I am really one of them. I am just one of them.”
