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Trump's Moves May Mark A New Era Of The Celebrity Pardon

President Donald Trump, center, pardons Jack Johnson, boxing's first black heavyweight champion, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on May 24. Trump is joined by, from left: Linda Haywood; Deontay Wilder; Keith Frankel; Sylvester Stallone; Lennox Lewis; Mauricio Sulaiman Saldivar. (AP)
President Donald Trump, center, pardons Jack Johnson, boxing's first black heavyweight champion, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on May 24. Trump is joined by, from left: Linda Haywood; Deontay Wilder; Keith Frankel; Sylvester Stallone; Lennox Lewis; Mauricio Sulaiman Saldivar. (AP)

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