On Tuesday, President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Death Row Records co-founder Michael “Harry O” Harris for attempted murder and cocaine trafficking, a friend who defended his freedom told The Post.
Harris, 59, learned that he had been granted clemency to the Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution in California, said Weldon Angelos, who received his own pardon from Trump in December.
Angelos said Harris sent him an email saying, “Thank God. God is great. It makes me feel like the weight of the world had lifted off my shoulders.”
The move came shortly after it was revealed that rapper Snoop Dogg had been secretly pressuring the White House on Harris’ behalf.
Snoop’s efforts came even though he has been a outspoken critic of Trump, and he even made a video in which he intended to shoot a clown dressed as a president.
Angelos, however, credited first daughter Ivanka Trump for the imminent release of Harris more than seven years before it occurred on June 13, 2028.
“The merit of this lies with Ivanka Trump because Ivanka Trump was not going to take the no to respond,” he said.
Angelos also cited the efforts of Alice Johnson, the first drug offender Trump was released from a life sentence, and who was later pardoned, following the presence of Kim Kardashian.
He said Ivanka “did this for Alice Johnson and that’s a big win for hip-hop.”
Trump is expected to officially announce a batch of last-minute pardons ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday at noon.