President Trump on Tuesday commuted the jail sentence of Death Row Records co-founder Michael “Harry O” Harris for attempted murder and cocaine trafficking, a friend who advocated his release told The Post.
Harris, 59, was told he had been granted leniency at 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 email saying, “Thank goodness. God is great. It feels like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders. “
The move came shortly after it was revealed that rapper Snoop Dogg was secretly lobbying the White House on Harris’s behalf.
Snoop’s efforts came even though he was an outspoken critic of Trump – even making a video pretending to shoot a clown dressed as the president.
However, Angelos credited first daughter Ivanka Trump for Harris’s upcoming release, more than seven years before it was due to take place on June 13, 2028.
“Credit for this one goes to Ivanka Trump because Ivanka Trump would not take no for an answer,” he said.
Angelos also cited the efforts of Alice Johnson, the first drug offender to free Trump from a life sentence and later be pardoned, after lobbying by Kim Kardashian.
He said Ivanka “did this for Alice Johnson and this is a huge win for hip hop.”
Trump is expected to officially announce a party last-minute pardon ahead of Wednesday afternoon’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.