‘Pardon Czar’ Alice Marie Johnson Hopes Illinois Gov Will Launch Larry Hoover

Alice Marie Johnson says Larry Hoover‘s federal jail sentence was commuted to provide him the hope of receiving an actual second likelihood … however he nonetheless has years to serve in an Illinois jail for a state crime, and Alice hopes the Illinois governor may grant him clemency as nicely.

We spoke with President Donald Trump‘s “pardon czar” on “TMZ Live” Thursday … and, we requested her about Trump’s determination to commute Hoover’s federal sentence.

She tells us she first discovered about Larry’s case from Kanye West and Drake‘s live-streamed occasion on the L.A. Memorial Coliseum again in 2021, the place she was sitting first row on the occasion and discovered of Larry’s plight.

Whereas Alice is aware of Larry’s commutation would not set him free, she says every step they take is one in the best course towards finally releasing him from incarceration.

Hoover helped discovered the infamous Gangster Disciples in Chicago … he was convicted of homicide in Illinois in 1973 and was sentenced to 200 years in jail. In 1997, he was convicted in federal court docket of operating the gang from behind bars — and he was handed 6 life sentences. Trump’s commutation launched him from the federal sentencing, however he is nonetheless on the hook for the Illinois time period.

AMJ hopes Illinois Governor JB Pritzker will “have the same mercy that President Trump had on Larry Hoover” … earlier than labeling Trump the “second-chance president” as a result of he is trying to give incarcerated folks one other likelihood at life.

DJT did simply that for Johnson again in 2020 … commuting her sentence in 2018 earlier than granting her a full pardon in August 2020. She was beforehand serving a life sentence for drug and cash laundering costs. A commutation reduces a sentence … a pardon forgives the crime and erases it from the file.

Alice additionally answered our questions concerning the Chrisleys’ pardons … she stated she truly introduced their case to Trump for assessment — as an alternative of the president going out of his means to assist a pair fellow actuality stars.

Some have questioned whether or not Trump’s pardon was actually concerning the work Todd and Julie did behind bars … or if their daughter Savannah‘s help might have swayed him. Johnson was a bit of cagey on that right here.

We additionally requested Alice about Joe Unique‘s need to be pardoned … watch the clip to the top to listen to concerning the probability of that taking place.