INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Donald Trump has so far taken a more hardline approach to criminal justice.Washington: Days away from a
historic summit with North Korea's mercurial leader, US President Donald Trump held a White House meeting Wednesday with another famous Kim
-- reality TV star Kardashian -- to discuss prison reform and sentencing.The reality star entered the grounds of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
wearing a black suit and canary yellow stilettoes, an AFP photographer witnessed.Kardashian was expected to meet aide Jared Kushner, who has
spearheaded stuttering White House efforts at criminal justice reform.In the end, she met with fellow TV personality, President Donald Trump
-- formerly of "The Apprentice" and New York tabloid fame."Great meeting with @KimKardashian today, talked about prison reform and
sentencing," the president said in a tweet, accompanied by a photograph of the pair in the Oval Office, with Trump flashing a broad
grin.Kardashian, 37, is known for her socialite TV persona, but has also called for the release of Alice Marie Johnson, a 62-year-old who
has been in prison for more than two decades for a nonviolent drug offense.Fixing tough sentencing laws had been a priority of president
Barack Obama's administration, but he failed to win Congressional support, prompting a stream of presidential pardons and clemency
actions.Trump has so far taken a more hardline approach, advocating a "lock-em-up-and-throw-away-the-key" approach to criminal
justice.During his first year and half in office he has pardoned disgraced Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, a Trump supporter who was convicted
of violating a court order to halt traffic patrols targeting immigrants.He also pardoned vice president Dick Cheney's former chief of staff
Lewis "Scooter" Libby.Last month, Kim's rapper husband Kanye West raised eyebrows after tweeting about his "love" for Trump and describing
him as a "brother" with whom he shared "dragon energy."© Thomson Reuters 2018(This story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff
and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
