Angela Stanton-King


Angela Stanton-King is an American author, television personality and motivational speaker based in Atlanta, Georgia. She spent two years in prison for conspiracy and was later pardoned by President Donald Trump. She is the Republican candidate for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections.

Early life

Stanton-King was born in Cheverly, Maryland, and grew up in Buffalo, New York. As a child, she also lived in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is the goddaughter of Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr’s niece.

Conviction and presidential pardon

In 2004, Stanton-King was convicted on federal conspiracy charges for her role in a car theft ring and served two years in prison. She gave birth while serving her sentence. Stanton-King was pardoned by President Donald Trump in February 2020.

Career

Media

After her release from prison, Stanton-King became an author and a reality show star. She wrote and edited a number of independently-published autobiographical books, one of which led to a legal dispute with The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks.
She has also appeared on the BET television program From the Bottom Up.

Politics

On March 6, 2020, Stanton-King officially launched a campaign to challenge incumbent Representative John Lewis for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections. She won the Republican primary in an uncontested race, with polls indicating Lewis was a heavy favorite in the general election. Lewis died after a battle with pancreatic cancer on July 17, 2020, and was replaced on the ballot by Nikema Williams, state senator and chair of the Georgia Democratic Party.
Stanton-King is part of a coalition of black supporters of Donald Trump.
She supported the First Step Act, which outlawed the handcuffing of women during childbirth. While in prison in 2004, she says she was shackled while giving birth, and that her daughter was “snatched from arms 24 hours later”.
She supports the right to vote for anyone released after a felony conviction.
Stanton-King has made several anti-LGBTQ statements on Twitter, including comparing the LGBTQ rights movement to pedophilia.
According to NBC News, Stanton-King "has repeatedly tweeted the QAnon slogan". She has subsequently denied any belief in the conspiracy theory.