Another except from Jonathan Karl’s new book:
A source familiar with the conversations tells me Trump listened to her requests and demanded a straight-up quid pro quo. He would grant the commutations, he told Kardashian, if she leveraged her celebrity connections to get football stars who were friends of hers to come visit him at the White House.
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.
Read the full article. As you can see below, Trump reportedly hung up on Kardashian when she called again later.
☎️SCOOP: Donald Trump hung up on @KimKardashian when she phoned him @ Mar-a-Lago to endorse a clemency plea after he left office, @jonkarl reports in book out tomorrow
Trump’s reason: “You voted for Biden and now you come asking me for a favor?”
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— Mike Allen (@mikeallen) November 13, 2023