Alice Johnson on Getting Pardoned by President Trump: ‘My Hands Were Shaking’

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JOHNSON: "Well, I had no idea. I went to the White House for a different reason. And when I got there, I was with the family who was there last night, the three children of a slain mother. They were there to see the President, too. And I was there to see him also, after the — after last night. And they went in first and then I was waiting and they came out and told me that the President, they told me, the president, Alice, wants to give you, is going to give you a full pardon. He’s going to give you a pardon. Jake, my hands were shaking so bad, I’m still — you just don’t know, Jake. I ran to get to this interview, because it was already scheduled with you, so it was — everything is closed off. And I didn’t want to let you down, so I was running, literally, trying to make it here."