Trump: I’ll Meet Kneeling NFL Players Who Want To Ask For Pardons On Behalf Of Convicts

On Friday, President Trump announced that he would meet athletes who kneel during the National Anthem to ask them for recommendations on presidential pardons. “I’m going to ask them to recommend to me people who were unfairly treated,” Trump stated. This follows hard on Trump’s decision to commute the sentence for convicted drug-dealer Alice Johnson at the behest of Kim Kardashian, and to posthumously pardon boxing legend Jack Johnson at the behest of Sylvester Stallone.

Trump also mentioned the idea of posthumously pardoning boxer Muhammed Ali. Ali’s attorney responded icily, “We appreciate President Trump’s sentiment, but a pardon is unnecessary. The US Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Muhammed Ali in a unanimous decision in 1971. There is no conviction from which a pardon is needed.”