Trump Given The ‘Bipartisan Justice Award’ By Black Organization For ‘First Step Act’
Amber Athey
White House Correspondent
October 25, 2019 12:24 PM ET
President Donald Trump will receive the 2019 “Bipartisan Justice Award†from a bipartisan organization of black leaders because of his work on criminal justice reform, the White House announced Friday.
The award will be presented at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina by the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, a group founded by twenty black Republicans and twenty black Democrats in 2015.
According to a press release from the White House:
“The Bipartisan Justice Award is the highest honor given annually to a public servant who has demonstrated the ability to work across the aisle to achieve meaningful progress in reforming our criminal justice system. The 2019 Bipartisan Justice award winner is President Donald J. Trump for his Bipartisan leadership in the passage of the historic First Step Act. The award is being given by the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center, a non-profit organization founded by 20 Black Republicans and 20 Black Democrats in 2015, to elevate the issue of criminal justice reform above partisan politics.â€
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