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President after speaking to ivanka and jared who really fought for me to get here. and i pled the case of alice johnson who the president granted clemency to. after that, i really spent so much time going to different prisons because i really had no connection to anybody on the inside and really just felt like for me i am at the place in my life that i wanted to make a difference and just wanted to do the right thing. but i didn't know how or what to do or even really what was going on. so after going to visit so many different prisons and really sitting down with lifers, with every situation ...

Clemency to miss johnson, who was facing a life sentence behind bars for a first time drug conviction. there was a team of talented activism lawyers, top kai sam, jessica jackson sloan, brittney barnette and others who working for years, but no question it was kim who sealed the deal when she met with president trump in the o l value office. i spoke with kim about what case meant to her, how it moved her from being a reality tv star to a social justice activist. take a look. >> well, first of all, congratulations on a big win, but also just thank you, thank you. >> thank you. >> second of f al...

Coming. the president is considering pardons for martha stewart and former illinois governor rod blagojevich. both appeared on his show "the apprentice," so is there a strategy or method behind who he's pardoning? joining us to discuss, sarah westwood and swinn. look at this, president trump's predecessors didn't issue their pardons until nearly their third year in office, but here trump has issued five pardons. the first came seven months in. why so many and so quickly? >> president trump has never been one for observing norms, and he's picked particularly controversial candidates to extend h...

Compromising it in every way? what we should have been preventing? that to me, i think is hugely problematic. it should be fully investigated because this is not the kind ofi diplomacy or u.s. foreign policy that should ever happen in this country. >> i do think bob makes a good point. it was a prisoner swap. but that is not what we are talking about. the fact is that the guy made a lousy deal. >> he was a terrible dealmaker. he gives the iranians tons of cash and lies about the guys he granted clemency to. d he did it with obamacare. he said if you like your health care plan, you can keep it....