Kim Kardashian West speaks with Mic.com on meeting with president Trump.
“I think that he really spent the time to listen to our case that we were making for Alice,” Kardashian West told Mic in an exclusive interview after the meeting. “He really understood, and I am very hopeful that this will turn out really positively.”
Kardashian West sat down with Trump in the Oval Office alongside her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley, to ask him to grant clemency for Johnson, who has been imprisoned for over 21 years in Aliceville, Alabama, for a drug-trafficking charge.
Kardashian West has been working behind the scenes for months to secure Johnson’s release. She first became aware of the story after watching a Mic Opinion video in October.
“I think that he really spent the time to listen to our case that we were making for Alice,” Kardashian West told Mic in an exclusive interview after the meeting. “He really understood, and I am very hopeful that this will turn out really positively.”
Kardashian West sat down with Trump in the Oval Office alongside her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley, to ask him to grant clemency for Johnson, who has been imprisoned for over 21 years in Aliceville, Alabama, for a drug-trafficking charge.
Kardashian West has been working behind the scenes for months to secure Johnson’s release. She first became aware of the story after watching a Mic Opinion video in October.
Since then, Kardashian West has been paying Johnson’s legal fees and discussing the case with White House senior adviser and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is leading White House efforts around prison reform.
“I went in, me and Shawn, to really talk to the president about Alice Johnson and really explain to him why she would be such a good person to grant clemency to,” Kardashian West said. “The president seems to have a passion for what everything that Jared has been trying to do, and that just makes me happy that that conversation is just moving forward.”
Kardashian West has said she has no doubt that Alice Johnson will lead a productive life outside of prison if
Follow NEWS.am STYLE on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
21:17, April 19
Travis Barker congratulates wife Kourtney Kardashian’s birthday by posting photo of her on toilet16:17, April 19
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Netflix presents Gabriel García Márquez masterpiece’s movie adaptation teaser15:12, April 19
Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito wants to hire hitman to kill him for insurance14:42, April 19
Bride is shocked after receiving most disgusting wedding gift13:56, April 19
Kourtney Kardashian stands up for Kim who is accused by fans of intentionally posting ‘shady’ photo13:14, April 19
Incomparable Monica Bellucci says she has come to terms with aging12:22, April 19
Ben Affleck’s daughter ‘comes out’: Fin considers self neither man nor woman11:21, April 19
Victoria Beckham reveals secret of happy marriage with husband, David10:18, April 19
Kanye West punches man in the face for harassing his wife23:39, April 18
Englishman obsessed with sex with married women, especially wives of business partners, friends19:26, April 18
The first ever Miss AI to get $20,000 award16:25, April 18
Bugatti Home collection combines more than century of brand heritage with modern design