LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: While Kardashian never publicly disclosed who she backed during the 2020 US election, she shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) that included a photo of Biden and now-Vice President Kamala Harris with three blue hearts after Biden emerged victorious in the contest, Business Insider reported.
According to an excerpt from Jonathan Karl's new book, 'Tired Of Winning,' Kim Kardashian was reportedly lobbying the White House to commute additional sentences in the final weeks of former president Donald Trump's administration.
However, a book extract that appeared in Axios claims that Trump asked her to arrange "a straight-up quid pro quo," meaning that she would have to invite football players to the White House.
One transfer is therefore dependent on another party making a transfer in a quid pro quo agreement.
Nevertheless, Kim was unable to carry out that action because Trump "had become too toxic."
Donald Trump offered 'quid pro quo' to Kim Kardashian's proposed clemency case in 2021
Kim proposed a clemency case to Trump in 2021, which he declined to take up. A clemency case is a procedure by which a president or other elected authority may lessen a defendant's sentence or issue a pardon.
An excerpt from 'Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party' claims that Trump turned down the request because he thought Kim had supported Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
According to a source familiar with the exchange, Trump "demanded a straight-up quid pro quo" from the reality star, said Karl.
If she could persuade football players "who were friends of hers" to come to the White House, he promised to award more commutations.
Karl wrote in his book, "Kardashian actually tried to do what Trump demanded, seeing it as a small price to pay to get justice for people she believed were serving unjust sentences. But all the players she approached declined."
"Trump had become too toxic. In the final two weeks of his presidency, nobody wanted to be anywhere near him."
Donald Trump hangs up on Kim Kardashian
According to the new book 'Tired of Winning' by ABC News top Washington correspondent Karl, Donald Trump and the eldest Kardashian sister had a heated phone call that did not end well.
After Trump left the White House, Kim got in touch with him again a few months later. She asked him to assist her in making another clemency request.
According to Karl's book, the president told her no, saying, "You voted for Biden and now you come asking me for a favor?"
Though the famous reality TV personality has never stated who she supported in the 2020 election, it appears that she posted on social media in favor of Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after they were elected.
According to reports, the former President decided not to endorse Kim's plan for justice reform because of this treachery.
The conversation came to an end after a few more sharp remarks. Karl writes, " Trump had hung up on her."
However, in 2018, Trump revoked Alice Johnson's sentence, which had been imposed on her for a lifetime for her first drug crime and involved more than 20 years in jail.
In August 2020, the Tennessee woman was fully pardoned by the then-president, who signed the pardon, as per Daily Mail.
A Trump representative attacked Karl's reporting, according to Axios, labeling the Washington correspondent "a backbencher who could never get his own show for obvious reasons."
The excerpts, based on their statement, have previously been "thoroughly debunked."
Internet users call Trump's 'quid pro quo' attempt 'influence peddling'
Referring to the aforementioned excerpt from the book, American journalist Eugene Scott posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Trump asked Kim "a quid pro quo," in return for her clemency proposal.
Internet users immediately flocked to the comment section to express their opinions, with one saying, "Hope she recorded those conversations. They would be epic."
A second one slammed the former president's action and said, "How shallow can one be? Conditioning changing someone's life for the better in exchange for a visit from a sports figure?"
"Sounds like “influence peddling," noted another one.
Another one snarked, "I'm just a lowly American citizen so what do I know but isn't asking for ANYTHING in exchange for a pardon or commutation like, illegal?"
