Trump Names 'Pardon Czar'

Trump Names ‘Pardon Czar’ to Advise on Clemency
President Trump commuted Alice Johnson’s life sentence during his first term, and later pardoned her for her drug conviction. She will advise him on similar cases.
Trump will name Alice Johnson as ‘pardon czar’
During a Black History Month reception on Feb. 20, President Donald Trump announced that his new “pardon czar” will be Alice Johnson, a woman he pardoned in 2018.
Trump names Alice Marie Johnson, whose sentence he commuted in 2018, as 'pardon czar'
Johnson was sentenced to life in prison in the 1990s after being convicted of nonviolent drug crimes. She served 21 years in prison before her sentence was commuted by Trump in 2018.
Trump May Name a Woman He Once Pardoned to Be His ‘Pardon Czar’
Alice Marie Johnson was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction when the president commuted her sentence in 2018. Since then, she has become a criminal justice reform activist.
Trump names Memphis-native Alice Johnson "Pardon Czar"
President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he “better move fast” to negotiate an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine or risk not h
Trump appoints Alice Marie Johnson 'pardon czar' during Black History Month event at White House
President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed Alice Marie Johnson, a woman he pardoned during his first term, as "pardon czar." The announcement came during a Black History Month event at the White House.
Trump Announces 'Pardon Czar' at Black History Month Event, While White House Heralds End of DEI
Trump called Black Americans an "indispensable core of America" at the White House event and decried focusing on 1619, the ...
Jeffrey Toobin’s ‘The Pardon’ explores a hazardous presidential power
The Politics of Presidential Mercy,” Jeffrey Toobin, a CNN legal commentator and contributing writer for the New York Times’s ...
Alabama prisoner pardoned by Trump after Kim Kardashian’s lobbying floated as president’s ‘pardon czar’
Alice Marie Johnson, then 63 years old, became an ardent Trump supporter after her life sentence for drug offenses was ...
Trump 'wouldn't pardon him' cause he wouldn't have 'leash to yank’: Rev. Sharpton on Adams’ case
A hearing on the DOJ’s decision to drop the corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams is taking place today. NBC News' ...
Former NASCAR driver gets pardon from Donald Trump
Tighe Scott, 75, who is a native of Pen Argyl, and his son Jarrett Scott, 48, were taken into custody along with two other ...
Savannah Chrisley Shares Update on Bid to Get Trump to Pardon Parents Todd & Julie
With Donald Trump back in the White House, Savannah hopes the President will pardon her parents. “I know that I am going ...
Sam Bankman-Fried cozies up to Trump and Elon Musk as FTX cofounder reportedly looks for pardon: ‘I don’t think anyone was guilty’
Over a series of interviews with the New York Sun, Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO and cofounder of the failed crypto exchange ...
Judge rejects $1 million bond request for Houston man arrested on sex crime warrant after Jan. 6 pardon
History shows that Andrew Taake participated in the January 6 riot in Washington D.C. But in a Harris County courtroom on Monday, attorneys argued how much his now-pardoned involvement in the ...