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THEN HE MAKES THEM PART OF HIS ADMINISTRATION; FIRST TRUMP PARDONS DRUG TRAFFICKERS; ALICE MARIE JOHNSON
{BORN MAY 30, 1955} IS A FORMER FEDERAL PRISONER. SHE WAS CONVICTED IN 1996 FOR HER INVOLVEMENT IN A MEMPHIS COCAINE TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. IN JUNE 2018, AFTER SERVING 21 YEARS IN PRISON, ON FEBRUARY 20, 2025, TRUMP NAMED HER AS HIS ADMINISTRATION'S "PARDON CZAR"; SHE WAS RELEASED FROM FEDERAL PRISON AFTER DONALD TRUMP GRANTED HER CLEMENCY, THEREBY COMMUTING HER SENTENCE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.