President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Death Row Records co-founder Michael “Harry O” Harris on Tuesday for attempted murder and cocaine trafficking, a friend who was defending his release told the Post.
Harris, 59, learned that he had received clemency at the Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution in California, said Weldon Angelos, who received his own forgiveness from Trump in December.
Angelos said Harris sent him an email saying, “Thank God. God is good. It feels like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders. “
The move came shortly after it was revealed that rapper Snoop Dogg was secretly lobbying the White House on behalf of Harris.
Snoop’s efforts came even though he was an outspoken critic of Trump – and even made a video in which he pretended to shoot a clown dressed as president.
Angelos, however, gave credit to First Daughter Ivanka Trump for Harris’ imminent launch more than seven years before the date set for June 13, 2028.
“The credit for this one goes to Ivanka Trump, because Ivanka Trump wouldn’t take no for an answer,” he said.
Angelos also cited the efforts of Alice Johnson, the first time Trump drug offender was released from a life sentence and later pardoned, following Kim Kardashian’s lobby.
He said Ivanka “did it for Alice Johnson and this is a big win for hip-hop”.
Trump is expected to officially announce a batch of last-minute pardons before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday.