Convicted Media Executive Carlos Watson’s 10-Year Sentence Commuted by Trump While Headed to Prison
Carlos Watson, the convicted Ozy Media founder-turned-fraudster who was sentenced to 10 years in prison late last year, had his sentence commuted by President Donald Trump on Friday as he was driving himself to prison.
Watson’s business practices came under fire when he was found impersonating other media executives on phone calls and making fake documents to deceive potential investors in Ozy.
“We did it. Carlos Watson is not going to prison today. First and foremost, thank God for His grace, mercy and the power of redemption,” Glenn E. Martin, the activist who’s pushed for Watson’s release said in an X post. He also thanked Alice Marie Johnson, the Trump-appointed “pardon czar” who handled Watson’s case.
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