By Canadian Press

Trump guests include freed drug offender, bullied student

Feb 4, 2019 | 7:52 PM

WASHINGTON — A woman whose life sentence for drug offences was commuted by President Donald Trump and a Delaware student allegedly bullied because his last name is Trump are among the guests who will sit with first lady Melania Trump for the State of the Union address.

Trump last year commuted the sentence of 63-year-old Alice Marie Johnson. Her case was championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West.

Joshua Trump’s parents raised concerns about his safety with his Delaware school district after students on his school bus chanted his last name.

Guests typically serve to highlight administration policies. Johnson’s case spotlights legislation Trump signed last year to give judges more discretion in sentencing some drug offenders.

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