President Trump commuted the death sentence of Death Row Records co-founder Michael “Harry O” Harris to attempted murder and cocaine trafficking, a friend who pleaded for his release told The Post.
Harris, 59, learned of leniency from 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 e-mail saying, “Thank God.” God is great. It seems that the weight of the world has been lifted from my shoulders. ”
The move came shortly after it was revealed that rapper Snoop Dogg was secretly lobbying for the White House on Harris’ behalf.
Snoop’s efforts came even though he was a sincere critic of Trump – and he even made a video pretending to shoot a clown dressed as a president.
However, Angelos credited his first daughter Ivanka Trump for the imminent release of Harris more than seven years before it took place on June 13, 2028.
“The credit to him goes to Ivanka Trump, because Ivanka Trump was not going to accept no for an answer,” he said.
Angelos also cited the efforts of Alice Johnson, the first Trump drug offender to be released on a life sentence and later pardoned, following a lobby by Kim Kardashian.
He said Ivanka “did this for Alice Johnson and it’s a huge win for hip-hop.”
Trump is expected to officially announce a batch of last-minute pardons ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration of elected Joe Biden.