The White House
- Kim Kardashian West told Alice Marie Johnson in an emotional phone call on Wednesday that she would be freed from prison that same day.
- President Donald Trump granted Johnson a commutation for the life sentence she has been serving for non-violent drug offenses.
- “The phone call I just had with Alice will forever be one of my best memories,” Kardashian West tweeted.
When Alice Marie Johnson discovered that she would walk out of prison on Wednesday instead of spending the rest of her life behind bars, it was Kim Kardashian West who gave her the news in a surreal phone call.
President Donald Trump granted Johnson clemency on Wednesday, one week after he met in the Oval Office with Kardashian West, who for months has championed the 63-year-old grandmother’s case. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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