Trump recognizes Alice Marie Johnson who was pardoned by him in audience of his town hall

Trump recognizes Alice Marie Johnson in the audience of his town hall.

Alice received a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense, and was pardoned by President Trump during his first term.

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Trump recognizes Alice Marie Johnson in the audience of his town hall

Alice received a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense, and was pardoned by President Trump during his first term

Trump recognizes Alice Marie Johnson who was pardoned by him in audience of his town hall

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

I said I’d tell just a second of your story because she was put in prison for being on a phone because she wasn’t making it
She was on a call and it had to do with things that pretty much are almost legal today
And she was on a phone call having to do with drugs and she was having a hard time
And they gave her like 50 years in jail and a group of people came over and they made me aware of it
And first I gave her a commute and then I gave her a full pardon
I called her in and she came to the Oval Office
And I said how many people are like you in jail
I said everybody because I was testing her
Because I know some deserve to be there, right
Alice, if you would have said everybody I wouldn’t have probably listed it

Full transcript: 350 words transcribed via Whisper AI.