Overview
- White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson announced full pardons on social media for Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon.
- Johnson said Cowboys owner Jerry Jones personally informed Newton of the decision and she displayed Newton’s signed pardon document.
- A presidential pardon formally forgives a federal conviction and can restore certain civil rights, according to Department of Justice guidance cited in coverage.
- The pardoned offenses included perjury (Klecko), drug trafficking or facilitation (Newton, Lewis, Henry) and counterfeiting (Cannon), with all sentences served years earlier.
- The White House declined to detail why these cases were chosen, and Trump had not publicly elaborated on the pardons at the time of the announcements.