Hoover's lawyers began their quest to free him from federal prison in 2018 in an Oval Office meeting with Trump. The path went through California, Mississippi and Florida before ending Wednesday with Trump commuting Hoover's life sentence.

President Trump commuted the federal sentence of a notorious Chicago gang leader who was convicted and jailed in the 1970s.

President Trump fully pardoned the reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted three years ago of evading taxes and defrauding banks of more than $30 million to support their ...