Trump has pardoned Alice Johnson

Axios ^ | 06/06/2018 | Jonathan Swan

[GIdget2004]

President Trump has signed a pardon for Alice Johnson, currently serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense, according to a source with direct knowledge. CNN first reported earlier today that the White House had prepped the paperwork for Johnson's pardon.

The details: Johnson's cause was championed last week at the White House by Kim Kardashian West. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, who pushed for Johnson's pardon, had been in contact with Kardashian West over the past several months on the issue. Per a source familiar, White House counsel Don McGahn is skeptical of the merits of pardoning Johnson.

[Paladin2]

When do I get total relief from IRS slavery Income Tax?

[Sacajaweau]

And don’t forget...Obama commuted the sentences of 1,715 druggies....some a lot worse then her.

[Zhang Fei]

I thought he said death penalty for drug dealers. I must have misheard him. He must have said amnesty.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Is this woman black?

If so, NFL kneeler-heads will be exploding!

[Leaning Right]

> When do I get total relief from IRS slavery Income Tax? <

Evidently, the first step is to make friends with Kim Kardashian.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

This is the stupidity of mandatory sentencing and treating crack and powder cocaine as the same substance in sentencing guidelines by weight.

Since crack is cut and mixed by default it has more weight than powder cocaine.

I could write thousands of words unprompted on the drug war and prison/criminal abuses and lack of true justice. We all have feelings on the subject and these days the biggest drug dealers addicting Americans are all publicly traded corporations.

[Man from Oz]

I have a sneaky feeling this is a “reward” to Kanye for speaking his mind....

[bigbob]

Good. She deserves it, and there will be political benefits to Trump for being open to those who the left will claim hate his guts.

[grania]

It's the right thing to do. I'm totally anti-drug, prescribed or illegal. Keeping it real, suburban moms and their bratty out of control teenagers got legal scrips while folks outside the mainstream had transactions on the street. When the drug epidemic got out of control with people who matter (sarcasm of course), politicians started talking about it being a sickness, not a crime.

I don't know how the mess is fixed up. One thing I do know. I despise hypocrisy. President Trump is at his best when he makes decisions such as this on his own. It's about an even playing field. Maybe we can come together and acknowledge that all mind-altering drugs are bad, whatever the source.

[lee martell]

Good. Now do Blago!
I don’t care about Martha Stewart. She’s walking free and not suffering in that way.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

The West couple are going to have a debt to pay.

[hoosiermama]

But but but Trump is a RAAaacist!

[GonzoII]

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/donald-trump-pardons/index.html

[Politically Correct]

Maybe we can come together and acknowledge that all mind-altering drugs are bad, whatever the source.

Hey! Keep your hands off my coffee!

[Responsibility2nd]

Lets just hope this pardon does not come back to bite Trump in the (Obama) like many pardons do.

[Robert DeLong]

Alice Marie Johnson is serving a life sentence in prison for first-time, nonviolent drug offenses.

Though Johnson petitioned former President Barack Obama for clemency three times, she was always denied.

[bankwalker]

was she a dealer?

[N. Theknow]

Here she is.

[CptnObvious]

Is this woman black?

Yes. Your right, Progressive Socialist DemocRAT heads will explode.