The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
Author, former reality show star and convicted felon Angela Stanton-King announced Friday that she will run for Congress as a Republican against longtime Georgia Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis.
Stanton-King was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump after her 2004 conviction on federal conspiracy charges for her role in a car theft ring. She spent more than two years in prison.
Last week, Stanton-King found herself in the Oval Office, praying over Trump. It was fitting that she was there with a handful of Trump’s black supporters, whom he is trying to build into a coalition of support leading up to the November election.
King is the goddaughter of anti-LGBT activist Alveda King and is a niece of MLK. She has appeared in several relatively obscure reality shows. Her pardon from Trump was eclipsed that day by the pardons of Rod Blagojevitch and Michael Milken.
Enough is Enough #LGBTQ pic.twitter.com/aVli0Xgc33
— Angela Stanton-King (@theangiestanton) March 6, 2020