How an activist championed by Kim Kardashian got Trump to free a Syracuse cop killer
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
Posted Jan 23, 2021
After spending nearly 30 years in prison for his role in the murder of a Syracuse Police Officer, Jaime Davidson was released by President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
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But he didn’t have to.
He had Alice Marie Johnson.
Johnson, famously championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian, took on Jaime Davidson’s case this fall, fast-tracking his request for a sentence commutation to President Donald Trump’s desk. Davidson also got an assist from a white-collar criminal defense lawyer who has represented members and associates of the Trump family.
Update: Snoop Dogg Reunites With Harry-O, Thanks Trump For Pardon
Jan 22, 2021 1:20 PM
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Update 01/22/2021 12:53pm:
Snoop Dogg has reunited with Death Row Records co-founder Michael Harry-O Harris after successfully lobbying former President Donald Trump to release the convicted drug kingpin.
Snoop shared a photo of the reunion on Instagram. The picture of the two at Snoop Dogg s studio comes after DJ Battlecat posted the first photos of Harris fresh out of prison. Welcome home big o, Snoop wrote in the caption. Bossangelos boss bac home wit da dogg. Thank u @realdonaldtrump.
Harris was included in Trump s list of pardons with the help of Snoop Dogg and activists Weldon Angelos and Alice Marie Johnson. Harris was scheduled to be released in 2028 after a 1988 conviction for attempted murder and narcotics distribution.
President Trump issued 73 pardons and commuted the federal sentences of 70 other people in the final hours of his administration, headlined by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. Trump also granted relief to rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, who were convicted on weapons charges, as well as to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick, a Democrat, was convicted of mail fraud, wire fraud, and racketeering. He was serving a 28-year sentence. Trump through the White House press secretary cited Diamond and Silk and Pastor Paula White, strong supporters of his, as backers of commuting Kilpatrick’s sentence.
Elliott Broidy, the former deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, received a full presidential pardon. He was convicted on one count of conspiracy to serve as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal. Trump invoked Rep. Devin Nunes of California and Ambassador Richard Grenell, among other friends of the White House, as supporters of
US releases Detroit s disgraced former mayor from prison myjournalcourier.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from myjournalcourier.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served more than seven years of a 28-year prison sentence for corruption crimes, was released from federal prison Wednesday after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman told The Associated Press.