Stephen Colbert worries Trump granted clemency to Alice Marie Johnson for 'wrong reason'

Show Caption Hide Caption Trump frees Alice Johnson after Kim Kardashian West plea President Trump granted clemency to Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman sentenced to life in prison. The move comes a week after Trump met with Kim Kardashian West, who became involved in Johnson’s case after viewing a viral video last year.

Kicking off Wednesday's monologue, Stephen Colbert issued Late Show viewers a warning before addressing President Trump's decision to grant clemency to Alice Marie Johnson. "I want you to brace yourself," he said, "because here's a sentence I don't often say: Donald Trump did somethin' good."

Colbert said "(Trump) did the right thing" concerning the 63-year-old who'd been sentenced to life for cocaine trafficking, but worried "maybe he did the right thing for the wrong reason."

"Trump just commuted her sentence because of a meeting with Kim Kardashian (West)," Colbert said. "So executive clemency is now just a reality TV show."

Kardashian West visited Trump at the White House last Wednesday and left their meeting hopeful Johnson would receive clemency. Kardashian West, who cites a viral Mic video as how she discovered Johnson, has also helped the case reach a wider audience. Johnson's Mic video interview has reached more than 4.2 million views on Facebook, and a change.org petition asking Trump grant her clemency garnered more than 271,000 supporters.

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"Stay tuned for The Pardoner," Colbert joked, showing a promotional image for a spoof of The Bachelor depicting Trump, rose in hand.

Adopting his Trump voice, Colbert went through a list of possible "pardons": "Iron Mike Tyson, Charlie Sheen, the Hot Mugshot Convict, the Noid, Hannibal Lecter, Fred Flintstone and Osama bin Laden."

Colbert then referenced a Washington Post report in which an anonymous White House official claimed Trump is "obsessed" with pardons. This replaces his “former favorite topic," Colbert joked: "Don’t you think my daughter is hot?"

See more of the late night host's monologue in the clip below.

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Contributing: Sara M Moniuszko