President Trump Grants Clemency To Alice Marie Johnson, Kim Kardashian Celebrates

Kim Kardashian recently met with President Trump at the White House to discuss prison reform and to stand in as an advocate for Alice Johnson, a 62-year-old grandmother who was serving a life-sentence without parole for a first-time drug offense.

Great meeting with @KimKardashian today, talked about prison reform and sentencing. pic.twitter.com/uOy4UJ41JF

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018

I would like to thank President Trump for his time this afternoon. It is our hope that the President will grant clemency to Ms. Alice Marie Johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense.

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) May 31, 2018

We are optimistic about Ms. Johnson’s future and hopeful that she —and so many like her—will get a second chance at life.

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) May 31, 2018

I say “was” above, because President Trump has granted her clemency.

President Donald Trump has granted clemency on Wednesday to Alice Marie Johnson, a first-time nonviolent drug offender who was given a life sentence without parole, Mic has learned.

The 63-year-old great-grandmother — whose case has been spotlighted recently by Kim Kardashian West and Mic’s Opinion desk — will be released from federal prison in Aliceville, Alabama, where she has been serving her sentence since 1996.

News of Johnson’s release comes nearly a week after Kardashian West advocated for her in an Oval Office meeting with Trump.

In an exclusive interview with Mic after that meeting, Kardashian West said Trump “really spent the time to listen to our case that we were making for Alice. He really understood, and I am very hopeful that this will turn out really positively.”

Kim K is stoked.

BEST NEWS EVER!!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 https://t.co/JUbpbE1Bk0

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) June 6, 2018

I mean.. I’d rather see a tweet like that than another naked selfie, so yay?

PS– Kathy Griffin can suck all the bowls.

My friend @KimKardashian got more done in one meeting with Trump than feckless has in her entire time at the White House. https://t.co/KF8qBktfax

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) June 6, 2018

h/t The Mic