Well...it is the end of another presidential run and we all knwo that the clemency grants usually come for some oddball characters at this point. Who would have thought that convicted drug felon/rapper John Forte, the so-called "Fourth Fugee" would be one of them? I highly doubt the odds for online trading sites had this one as even a long shot.
Even more surprising is that Carly Simon may actually be the reason that he is getting out. John met Carly's son Ben through prep school pals apparently and she's been lobbying several politicians on Forte's behalf, including Senators Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch. I guess it finally worked.
Forte was one of only 16 people given clemency by George W. Bush out of more than 2,000 who asked. Forte will be released from Federal prison next month after serving half of the 14-year sentence given to him when authorities found 31 pounds of cocain on him at New Jersey's Newark International Airport in 2000.
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