Donald Trump: I'm thinking of forgiving someone you all know very well.

I'm thinking of forgiving someone you all know very well, that had to face a lot of things that wasn't very famous at the time... No, I'm not thinking about the OJ. He wasn't so famous at the time, although he is now, I'm thinking about Muhammad Ali, I'm seriously thinking of”, President Trump said.

For this initiative, there is only one precendent recently, when the US leader pardoned boxer Jack Johnson at the request of Sylvester Stallone. Johnson, a colored man, was sentenced in 1913 by a jury made up of only white members in Chicago, Illinois, for violating the law of the age in connection with the trafficking of white slaves, aimed at preventing and punishing human trafficking.

However, unlike Johnson, Ali, who separated himself from his life in June 2016, did not serve a day in prison, and his case does not need an apology because he appealed the sentence, which was eventually revoted. Although the boxer was sentenced to 5 years in prison for refusing to participate in the Vietnam War, his appeal to the Supreme Court acquitted him in 1971. In this context, family members of the boxing legend, learning about President Trump's initiative, came up with a communiqué through which, in addition to assessing the state head's gesture, expressed that forgiveness was not necessary, as long as there was no condemnation requiring justification.