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Donald Trump considering pardon for boxing great Muhammad Ali
Published time: 8 Jun, 2018 15:23

US President Donald Trump says that he is contemplating a posthumous presidential pardon for former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali who evaded a military draft during the Vietnam war.
Ali, who passed away in 2016, is among “thousands of names” Donald Trump says he is considering for clemency. Speaking on his way to the G7 summit in Canada, Trump said that he is “currently preparing recommendations” in relation to Ali, the latest in a sweeping round of pardons issued by the president.

Breaking News: @POTUS floats possibility of pardoning Muhammad Ali https://t.co/d2MkFVibkPpic.twitter.com/anNMox6z9Y
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 8, 2018

Ali was convicted in 1967 of failing to report for military duty and was subsequently sentenced to five years in prison and stripped of his boxing titles.
“I’m thinking about someone you all know very well,” Trump said Friday at the White House. “He went through a lot and he wasn’t very popular then - no, I’m not thinking about O.J. - look, he was not very popular then. Certainly his memory is very popular now. I’m thinking about Muhammad Ali. I’m thinking about that very seriously, and some others.”

Trump’s announcement comes despite the US Supreme Court overturning Ali’s conviction in 1971. Following that, President Jimmy Carter issued a blanket pardon for all Vietnam draft evaders in 1977.

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Trump has pardoned a total of six people since he took office including Jack Johnson, the first black boxing heavyweight champion, who was convicted in 1913 of transporting a white woman across state lines for “immoral purposes”.

Earlier this week Trump pardoned Alice Johnson, a woman serving a life sentence for a non-violent drug offense. The pardon came after lobbying from reality TV star Kim Kardashian.

Supposedly about to make an announcement on states's rights for weed this weekend as well
the prisons would be emptied

I must say this guy is all about actions, i can imagine him going through as most successful president in recent decades.
Love him or hate him, he commands attention and bullies his way through nonsense.

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:31 am Supposedly about to make an announcement on states's rights for weed this weekend as well
the prisons would be emptied

All those in prison for weed should be released immediately and hired as consultants to the industry.

JohnLeonard wrote:I must say this guy is all about actions, i can imagine him going through as most successful president in recent decades.
Love him or hate him, he commands attention and bullies his way through nonsense.

I have to agree with this.

As much as I don’t like his attitude you can’t complain about the results he is producing.

If he could just lay off the crazy twitter rants he might even start to get some credit for it. As you said, love him or hate him, overall he is producing.

Once again trump is playing to the crowd, Ali had his conviction overturned years ago.

charlie

JohnLeonard wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 6:23 am I must say this guy is all about actions, i can imagine him going through as most successful president in recent decades.
Love him or hate him, he commands attention and bullies his way through nonsense.

'successful president '

Only if something great happens like releasing all prisoners for weed and a lot more prisoners for other things,etc. Otherwise his very bad actions of imposing trade tariff's will outweigh the few rather minor good things he has suggested or done? so far this year.

tightenupvolume1 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:26 pm Once again trump is playing to the crowd, Ali had his conviction overturned years ago.

charlie

Source?

tightenupvolume1 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:26 pm Once again trump is playing to the crowd, Ali had his conviction overturned years ago.

charlie

So charlie if i disagree with you you will go on and rate my comment as negative?

Can you justify why did you rate my comment as negative?