It appears Kardashian wore this to remind White House staffers, Trump especially, that she means business. The star has vehemently supported Johnson’s cause for months, and previously confirmed having met with Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband plus an adviser to Donald Trump. “Jared Kushner, who I’ve spoke to, has been really working on some criminal justice reform bills and I would love to sit and talk to them,” she told Mic earlier this month. “I know they are internally talking about it, so that’s such a huge step from where we started with that not even being on their radar.”
Vanity Fair first reported that Kardashian would interact with Trump in person. As they suggested, she may have an ally in Kushner, whose own father, Charles, spent time in federal prison camp and has actually rallied for the cause, supporting the First Step Act, a bipartisan bill that’s designed to help inmates reenter society easily, and benefit nonviolent offenders like Johnson with options outside of life imprisonment.
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While convincing Kushner’s father-in-law to support Johnson may not be so easy, Kardashian does have history on her side. Just last week, the president pardoned the late Jack Johnson, a boxer who in 1913 was convicted of violating the Mann Act, which prohibited women from being transported between states for “immoral” reasons like prostitution. Sylvester Stallone and boxers Lennox Lewis and Deontay Wilder visited the Oval Office, asking Trump to posthumously pardon Johnson, explaining he was convicted mainly for being black. It worked.
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Will Kardashian have such luck? Perhaps. Considering Trump’s friendly relationship with her husband, West, and his affinity for celebrities who treat him well, it’s likely. Hopefully, her outfit brings Johnson some justice, too.
Trump shared a photo of the two of them from the meeting in the Oval Office on Twitter writing, “Great meeting with @KimKardashian today, talked about prison reform and sentencing.”
While Kardashian is there on serious business, she doesn’t look too thrilled to be standing next to Trump. Even so, she took time to thank Trump right back over his favorite platform, Twitter.
“I would like to thank President Trump for his time this afternoon. It is our hope that the President will grant clemency to Ms. Alice Marie Johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense,” she wrote in a series of tweets. “We are optimistic about Ms. Johnson’s future and hopeful that she —and so many like her—will get a second chance at life.”
Only time will tell if Kardashian’s visit pays off.
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