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Donald Trump posed for a photo with Kim Kardashian in the Oval Office after a 'great meeting' discussing prison reform and clemency for an imprisoned drug offender. The reality star spent an hour at the White House on Wednesday in a meeting with the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner that also included a conversation with Trump about a first-time drug offender and great-grandmother serving a life sentence in prison. Lawyer Brittany Barnett told DailyMail.com that Kardashian wanted ask President Trump to grant Alice Johnson clemency. Johnson was imprisoned for life in 1996 for drug dealing and money laundering after her 15 accomplices all testified against her and had their charges dropped - despite Johnson's minimal role in the cocaine ring. It was her first offence. 'Today's her birthday, so no greater gift than freedom on her birthday,' Barnett said of her 63-year-old client petitioning for a pardon. Kardashian had a confirmed meeting on prison reform with Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser. Barnett said it was her 'hope' that Kardashian would also have an opportunity to plead Johnson's case to the president. That hope came true. 'The message to the president is that Alice Johnson, the 21 years she has been in prison, represents a punishment that more than pays her debt to society and that to keep her prison the rest of her life is morally and economically unjustifiable,' Barnett stated. After the meeting, Kardashian left the White House and headed for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's DC home. She later tweeted: '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. Kardashian, 37, in both her meetings with Kushner and the president, discussed a pardon for Johnson, who will otherwise spend the rest of her life in prison for a first-time drug offense. Johnson's life sentence did not come with the opportunity for parole. Her conviction and incarceration caught the eye of Kardashian on Twitter earlier this year. Kardashian said in a tweet Wednesday morning that confirmed reports that she was headed to the White House: 'Happy Birthday Alice Marie Johnson. Today is for you.' The White House confirmed Kardashian was expected. 'She is expected to be here at the White House. I can confirm she'll be here,' press secretary Sarah Sanders told DailyMail.com during a news conference. 'We'll keep you posted on any meetings that take place, what those look like.' Kardashian, who appeared on Trump's NBC show 'The Apprentice' in 2010, said she voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Trump, in an infamous interview with shock jock Howard Stern in 2015, said Kardashian was 'fat.' 'Does she have a fat ass? Absolutely. And if it weren't Kim, they'd say, 'wow, I don't want to go out with her,'' he told Stern. Barnett, who joined Johnson's legal team in November, said that Kardashian's 'support has been tremendous' in putting a spotlight on not only Johnson's case but all the other low-level offenders doing hard time. 'She was not only moved to tears, she was moved to action,' Barnett said of the celeb. |