Former Obama adviser Van Jones praised Donald Trump’s new appointment “Alice Marie Johnson”.
Trump appoints Johnson on Thursday Black History Month Event In the White House. Johnson was previously convicted in Memphis, Tennessee and sentenced her to life imprisonment by Trump after serving 21 years.
Jones praised the president for talking to freedom critic Donny Deutsch in Monday’s episode, he praised the latest appointment “On Brands” podcast.
“He said Miss Alice Johnson – The formerly incarcerated black woman was released while working with Kim Kardashian – he just took her into the charge of pardon. “That’s huge. She’s going to solve this problem,” Jones said.
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Former Obama adviser Van Jones talks about President Trump’s past and present semester at the White House. (Screenshot/”on Brand” podcast YouTube)
He continued: “As you know, as someone who has worked in criminal justice for 30 years, having someone who was previously incarcerated was responsible for passing all these pardons and ensuring people get fair shots – I think that’s a really good thing.”
Deutschland quoted an article written by Jones in late January when he said: “Trump’s heart can be moved. He has been moved many times to help people who are overwhelmed – whether in his hiring or in federal prison (first step). So don’t think that moral attraction will never be with Trump.
Jones stood his words, describing Trump’s first term in office, saying that Trump brought formerly imprisoned people to the White House and allowed them to speak in a press conference. “I don’t remember Biden, Obama, or Clinton doing anything like that.”
Alice Marie Johnson’s first step in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., after serving 21 years in a sentence for U.S. President Donald Trump (L) for cocaine trafficking. The First Step Act passed Congress in December 2018 through bipartisan support, resulting in the release of more than 500 prisoners. Trump praised the reform legislation as evidence that the United States “believes in redemption.” (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
However, Jones is still criticized for Trump.
Now, I think we’re attacking five alarms and I’m going to be completely, crazy against my beloved Barack Obama doing these things. We have a system. It’s not perfect, but it’s designed in a special way to make you have no king, no king, you have no unrestricted powers of anyone, he just grabs him, he knows, he is not allowed, what he says is not allowed.
Johnson made positive statements about her role in Trump’s administration, he told Fox News About how eager she is to start.
Van Jones delivered a speech at the 2019 African landing memorial ceremony, observing the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved African in Hampton, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia. (Reuters/Michael A. McCoy)
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“I plan to fulfill the president’s trust in me,” Johnson said. “He gave it to me Specific parade orders And, in fact, I’ve been doing this non-stop since the release. This is indeed a continuation of the work I have already done. In the past, I have brought many pardon cases in front of the president, one thing I can say about President Trump [is]he was very interested in their family. He wondered if they had a reliable reentry program. ”
Alexandra Koch of Fox News contributed to the report.
