Overview
- Alice Marie Johnson announced the clemencies on X and thanked Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for personally informing Nate Newton.
- The pardoned group is Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry, and the late Billy Cannon, who received a posthumous pardon.
- The cases span perjury, federal drug‑trafficking and conspiracy charges, and a 1980s counterfeiting conviction for Cannon.
- None of the players was currently incarcerated, and presidential pardons formally forgive the federal offenses and can restore rights such as voting.
- The White House offered no specific public explanation for why these five were selected, while Lewis said Johnson phoned him Thursday night with the news.