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Alice Marie Johnson, the woman whose life sentence was commuted by President Trump this week, promised the commander in chief: “I will make you proud.”
Johnson, 63, had been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole after she was convicted of a first-time nonviolent drug offense and charges related to money laundering. Reality TV icon Kim Kardashian West took up her case, even meeting with Trump at the White House to plead for clemency.
In an interview Thursday night with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on "TheStory," Johnson expressed her gratitude for Trump's decision the day before to commute her sentence.
“Thank you so much President Trump for taking the time to look at my case and to really look at me,” she said. “I promise you President Trump, I will make you proud that you gave me that second chance.”
Johnson spent 22 years in prison, a third of her life, and said that it was her faith and her optimism that allowed her to carry on.
“The only way that I was able to make it through that time, and this is the truth, was my faith in God.”
She said she knew that one day, “He was going to bring me out.”
Johnson continued, “I lived my life with an eye toward one day walking out of those doors a free woman and the day that I got the news that President Trump had granted my clemency and given me a second chance at life was the best day of my life.”

Alice Marie Johnson, the woman whose life sentence was commuted by President Trump this week, promised the commander in chief: “I will make you proud.”
Johnson, 63, had been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole after she was convicted of a first-time nonviolent drug offense and charges related to money laundering. Reality TV icon Kim Kardashian West took up her case, even meeting with Trump at the White House to plead for clemency.
In an interview Thursday night with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on "TheStory," Johnson expressed her gratitude for Trump's decision the day before to commute her sentence.
“Thank you so much President Trump for taking the time to look at my case and to really look at me,” she said. “I promise you President Trump, I will make you proud that you gave me that second chance.”
Johnson spent 22 years in prison, a third of her life, and said that it was her faith and her optimism that allowed her to carry on.
“The only way that I was able to make it through that time, and this is the truth, was my faith in God.”
She said she knew that one day, “He was going to bring me out.”
Johnson continued, “I lived my life with an eye toward one day walking out of those doors a free woman and the day that I got the news that President Trump had granted my clemency and given me a second chance at life was the best day of my life.”