Trump grants full pardon to Alice Johnson
Posted on AllSides August 29th, 2020
From The Right
President Trump gave a full pardon on Friday to Alice Johnson, the grandmother who had served 22 years in prison on drug charges and became a symbol of the president’s efforts to give second chances to former offenders.
In the Oval Office, Mr. Trump met with Ms. Johnson and signed the pardon. The president said she’s done an “incredible job” since he commuted her sentence in June 2018 and freed her from prison.
Ms. Johnson, who was moved to tears, had spoken on Mr. Trump’s behalf during the Republican National...
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