总统唐纳德·特朗普周五，在爱丽丝·约翰逊在共和党全国代表大会上发表演讲的第二天，发布了对她的赦免令。
约翰逊是一名刑事司法改革积极分子，两年前他曾给予他宽大处理，他在总统的连任竞选中占据了重要位置。她因第一次非暴力犯罪被判无期徒刑21年，该犯罪与她在可卡因分销集团中扮演的角色有关。
在2018年6月为约翰逊减刑之前，这位65岁的老人第一次引起了总统的注意，这要归功于真人秀明星金·卡戴珊·韦斯特的名人宣传。卡戴珊·韦斯特访问白宫，亲自向总统呼吁释放约翰松。
埃文·武奇/美联社，档案
2019年6月13日，华盛顿白宫东厅，金·卡戴珊·韦斯特在第二次机会雇佣和刑事司法改革活动中发言。
就在周五在椭圆形办公室签署赦免令之前，特朗普提到她前一天晚上出席了他所在政党的政治大会，当时他接受了共和党的总统提名。
特朗普说:“我们完全赦免爱丽丝。”“我只是告诉她。我们甚至没有讨论过。我们只是-你在外面，我昨晚在观众席上看到你，我问大家你能不能带爱丽丝过来。我们将给予完全赦免。我们现在就要这样做。”
前一天晚上，在共和党大会上播出的一次演讲中，约翰逊说称赞特朗普并感谢他减刑。她亲自出席了周四晚上在白宫举行的总统就职演说。
吉姆·杨/路透社，档案
2019年2月5日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在华盛顿发表国情咨文时，爱丽丝·约翰逊做出反应。
在约翰逊表现出对总统的忠诚后，特朗普发布了对她的赦免令，延续了一种趋势，即利用他的仁慈之力来讨好那些对他表示忠诚的人。
上个月，总统为他的前竞选顾问罗杰·斯通减刑，他被判妨碍国会调查和篡改证人罪。调查人员希望斯通能说出总统是妨碍司法公正还是宣誓后撒谎，但他从未背叛过总统。
特朗普将他的第一个总统赦免令授予了备受争议的凤凰城前警长乔·阿帕约(Joe Arpaio)，他被判藐视法官的命令，因涉嫌移民身份而停止拘留人。阿帕约在2016年支持了总统。
总统也没有排除赦免他的前国家安全顾问迈克尔·弗林保罗·马纳福特他的前竞选主席。
苏珊·沃尔什/美联社
2020年8月27日，爱丽丝·约翰逊在华盛顿安德鲁·w·梅隆礼堂录制她在共和党全国代表大会上的演讲。
在约翰逊的竞选活动中，总统找到了一位刑事司法改革倡导者，他已成为他争取黑人选民努力的核心，这包括在今年早些时候播放的一则价值数百万美元的超级碗广告中。
自从她被释放后，约翰逊呼吁释放她认为正在服刑的其他人，这些人被判了不公平的重刑。
2018年特朗普为约翰逊减刑前不久，卡戴珊·韦斯特在与总统会面后表达了乐观态度。她在一次采访中说采访Mic总统“真的理解，我非常希望这将是非常积极的结果。”几天后，总统为约翰逊减刑。
Trump pardons Alice Johnson, who praised him at Republican convention the night before
PresidentDonald Trumpon Friday issued a full pardon for Alice Johnson, a day after her speech aired at the Republican National Convention.
Johnson, a criminal justice reform activist whom he had granted clemency two years before, has been heavily featured by the president's re-election campaign. She had served 21 years of a life sentence for for a first-time, nonviolent offence connected to a role she played in a cocaine distribution ring.
The 65-year-old first came to the president's attention thanks to the celebrity advocacy of reality TV star Kim Kardashian West before he commuted Johnson's sentence in June 2018. Kardashian West visited the White House to make a personal appeal to the president for Johsnon’s release.
Kim Kardashian West arrives to speak during an event on second chance hiring and criminal justice reform in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 13, 2019.
Just before signing the pardon in the Oval Office Friday, Trump mentioned her attendance at his party's political convention the night before, when he accepted the GOP nomination for president.
"We are giving Alice a full pardon," Trump said. "I just told her. We didn't even discuss it. We just -- you were out there, I saw you in the audience last night, and I asked the folks if you could bring Alice over. We're going to give a full pardon. We're going to do it right now."
The night before, in a speech that aired at the GOP convention, Johnson hadpraised Trump and thanked himfor commuting her sentence. She attended the president's Thursday night acceptance speech in person on the grounds of the White House.
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Alice Johnson reacts during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address in Washington, Feb. 5, 2019.
By issuing a full pardon to Johnson after she demonstrated loyalty to the president, Trump continued a trend of using his clemency power to show favor to those who have shown loyalty to him.
Last month, the president commuted the sentence of his former campaign adviser Roger Stone, who was found guilty of obstructing a congressional investigation and witness tampering. Investigators hoped Stone would say whether the president obstructed justice or lied under oath, but he never turned on the president.
Trump awarded his first presidential pardon to the controversial former sheriff of the metro Phoenix area, Joe Arpaio, who was convicted on charges of defying a judge’s order to stop detaining people based on suspicion of their immigration status. Arpaio had endorsed the president in 2016.
The president also hasn’t ruled out pardons for Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser, andPaul Manafort, his former campaign chairman.
Alice Johnson records her speech for the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Aug. 27, 2020.
In Johnson, the president's campaign has found a criminal justice reform advocate who has become a centerpiece of his efforts to court Black voters, which included in a
Since she was freed, Johnson has called for the release of others she sees as serving unfairly harsh prison sentences.
Shortly before Trump commuted Johnson's sentence in 2018, Kardashian West had expressed optimism following a meeting with the president. She said in aninterview with Micthat the president "really understood, and I am very hopeful that this will turn out really positively."
Days later, the president commuted Johnson’s sentence.
