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Kim Kardashian is committed to her defense activity nary matter who's successful nan Oval Office.
Kardashian and 4 of President Biden's pardon recipients met pinch Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday day for a chat astir their lives aft incarceration and really Second Chance policies person benefited them and their businesses.
The reality star began her short reside by thanking nan 2nd successful command.
"I conscionable wanted to commencement disconnected by thanking you, Madam Vice President, for hosting this arena today. And conscionable for your heavy committedness to Second Chances," she said. "I want to convey President Biden for each nan commutations and nan pardons that are happening."
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Kim Kardashian emphasized she was honored to proceed to conflict for criminal justness betterment successful a chat pinch Vice President Kamala Harris. (White House YouTube)
Kardashian past emphasized it was a privilege for her to return to nan White House conscionable arsenic she had during nan Trump administration, though she did not reference him by name.
"I americium ace honored to beryllium present to perceive your stories today, and I deliberation it's truthful important to stock them and amplify them, because there's truthful galore group that are successful your position that tin usage nan inspiration," she said.
"I'm truthful honored to beryllium present to proceed this conflict and to study much each day, each visit, each administration. I'm conscionable present to thief and to dispersed nan word."
Four group who had precocious been pardoned by President Biden besides joined nan conversation. (White House YouTube)
Later successful nan conversation, Kardashian expressed that "some of nan smartest individuals" she's met person been antecedently incarcerated.
"To spot nan changes that are happening to make their reentry easier, I deliberation is gonna beryllium life-changing … particularly pinch nan mini business loans.
"I utilized to think, ‘Well, nan extremity is conscionable to get out.’ Right? And past everything's each good, and past everything is conscionable perfect. I was truthful naive to deliberation that was each that was needed.
Kim Kardashian admitted she was antecedently "naive" astir situation clip and release. (White House YouTube)
"And to conscionable cognize that location are group that are dedicated and committed to changing that and to helping group really commencement their businesses, create a existent life for themselves, is conscionable inspiring and what pushes maine to want to proceed to do nan activity that I do."
Kardashian has been an advocator for criminal justness betterment for respective years, having met pinch erstwhile President Trump connected aggregate occasions during his clip successful agency to talk akin topics.
Kim Kardashian listened arsenic each pardon recipient told their stories. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
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During her first sojourn successful 2018, Kardashian was accompanied by Alice Marie Johnson, a female sentenced to life successful situation for a nonviolent supplier charge. Kardashian championed Johnson while Johnson was imprisoned, fiercely advocating for clemency. Trump yet pardoned Johnson, and Kardashian felt inspired to enroll successful rule school.
Kim Kardashian rallied for Alice Marie Johnson's merchandise earlier President Trump pardoned her. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for ABA)
Kardashian received immense backlash for gathering pinch nan president, but nan 2 continued to activity together. In 2019, Kardashian delivered a reside emphasizing nan value of providing erstwhile inmates pinch opportunities to beryllium successful and get jobs erstwhile released.
Kim Kardashian said astatine nan White House successful June 2019 connected nan value of giving erstwhile prisoners opportunities successful nan workforce. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"The 1 point that I conscionable realized that needed truthful overmuch support that I'm happy to thief and beryllium supportive erstwhile I can, was nan reentry of group coming location and seeing nan deficiency of support that really existed. Whether it's lodging aliases nan magnitude of letters that I get pinch group conscionable needing proscription to occupation interviews.
"These group want to work. They want nan champion outcome, and I'm truthful happy to beryllium present coming amongst group that want nan aforesaid point and that really judge successful supporting their reentry."
Kim Kardashian visited nan White House doubly during Trump's administration. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Since their last gathering successful 2020, their narration has reportedly soured, according to Kardashian.
A White House charismatic confirmed pinch Fox News Digital that Kardashian, on pinch pardon recipients, would meet pinch Vice President Harris for a roundtable discussion. (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage)
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"I don't deliberation he likes maine very much. But I'm OK," Kardashian said connected "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" days ago. "I deliberation he did astonishing worldly pinch situation betterment and fto a batch of group retired and signed an astonishing bill, The First Step Act, and truthful that's what I'll attraction on."
Caroline Thayer is an intermezo writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer connected Twitter astatine @carolinejthayer. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected].
