Trump asks for clemency names and lists promptly arrive at White House

Published June 11, 2018 10:18pm ET



President Trump told reporters Friday that he wanted to give clemency to more people treated unfairly by the legal system, particularly cases involving people like Alice Johnson, who he released from a life sentence for drug dealing at the request of Kim Kardashian West.

“I want to do people that are unfairly treated like an Alice,” he said before boarding a Marine helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House. Hours later, lists of additional names were hand-delivered to the West Wing.

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