Trump announces his support of a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, which Sessions had opposed. He says it'll "make our communities safer and give former inmates a second chance at life."
Trump touts the softening of some mandatory minimums: "We're getting very much tougher on the truly bad criminals...but we're treating people differently for different crimes. Some people got caught up in situations that were very bad." Cites Alice Johnson.
Trump boasts that he's rolling back some of the provisions of Bill Clinton's harsh crime bill. He says that law "disproportionately harmed the African-American community." That is true.
Trump touts a provision seeking to get prisoners incarcerated closer to their homes (a maximum of 500 miles), saying it will help them maintain family ties.
Trump hails this bipartisanship, thanks Kushner, says the bill is "the right thing to do," urges lawmakers to get the bill to him. That was an atypical Trump announcement.
