Kim Kardashian West goes to the White House to talk pardon

FILE - In this June 24, 2015 file photo, American TV personality Kim Kardashian attends the Cannes Lions 2015, International Advertising Festival in Cannes, southern France. Kardashian discussed her experience being held at gunpoint during a Paris jewelry heist last year during an episode of E!'s “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” that aired on Sunday, March 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) FILE - In this June 24, 2015 file photo, American TV personality Kim Kardashian attends the Cannes Lions 2015, International Advertising Festival in Cannes, southern France. Kardashian discussed her experience being held at gunpoint during a Paris jewelry heist last year during an episode of E!'s “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” that aired on Sunday, March 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

By Associated Press May 30, 2018 5 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West was heading to the White House Wednesday to make a star-powered case for prison reform and advocate on behalf of a great-grandmother serving a life sentence.

Kardashian West has urged the president to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, 63, who is serving a life sentence without parole for a nonviolent drug offense.

In an interview with Mic, Kardashian West said she’d been moved by Johnson’s story after seeing a video by the news outlet.

“I think that she really deserves a second chance at life,” Kardashian told Mic. “I’ll do whatever it takes to get her out.”

She said in the interview she’d been in touch with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, over the case.