Kim Kardashian again in White House for criminal reform

Reality star Kim Kardashian West, who earlier this year got President Donald Trump to pardon a woman convicted of drugs, returned to the White House on Wednesday to meet with senior advisers as part of the criminal justice reform in the United States. that the government is embarked.

Kardashian participated in a session for listeners on clemency and prison reform attended by several advisors, including the main one, presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner.

“The discussion focuses primarily on ways to improve the process to ensure that those who deserve it receive an impartial review of their case,” said Undersecretary of Press Hogan Gidley.

Also attending were CNN commentator Van Jones, lawyer Shon Hopwood, who served a sentence for bank robbery, and Leonard Leo, of the ultraconservative organization of lawyers Federalist Society, who has played a crucial role in the selection of candidates for the Court. Supreme as Brett Kavanaugh, whose confirmation hearings take place in the Capitol.

But the figure of greatest impact was Kardashian, who three months ago visited the White House to ask for a pardon for Alice Marie Johnson, 63 years. At that moment, the star, dressed in black, posed for a photo with a stern Donald Trump in the Oval Office. This time there were no plans for a meeting with the president.

The week after Kardashian’s visit, Trump pardoned Johnson, who had been held prisoner for drugs for more than 20 years.

“When I saw Alice, I said that we can not limit ourselves to one person. We have to change the laws, “Kardashian said in a statement distributed by #cut50, a group seeking to reduce prison sentences.