Kim Kardashian's life is explored in a new book chronicling her meteoric rise to fame.In the new book, "Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future," writer Jonathan Van Meter dove deep into the lives of the Kardashians, particularly Kim, and how she built her empire outside of reality TV.Through a series of interviews with members of the Kardashian family, including Kim, Khloe and Kourtney, as well as those close to the famous family, Van Meter discusses the biggest moments in her life, including her relationship with Kanye, the terrifying Paris robbery, her mother's affair and her prison reform and advocacy work.A tense conversation between President Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian is just one story told in the book surrounding Kim's life.(Getty Images)Here are some of the biggest headlines from the book.Kardashian worked with Donald Trump to get clemency for a prison inmate.
(Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)In October 2017, Kim saw a video of Alice Marie Johnson in prison, in which she was pleading for clemency.She opened up in the book about how the video "changed my life," saying she immediately reached out to Shawn Holley, who was a lawyer on O.J.Simpson's defense team, asking "What can we do?"After learning the only way to get Johnson out of prison was a presidential pardon, Kim reached out to Ivanka Trump, who put her in touch with Jared Kushner.
Kushner helped set up a meeting between Kardashian and President Trump, a move that raised concerns on both sides about the "optics," according to the book.Kardashian was warned against meeting with President Trump in the White House, but did so anyway.(REUTERS/Bonnie Cash)"Everyone was telling me, ‘Don’t go, your career will be over; you can’t step foot in there.’ And I was like, ‘It’s my reputation over someone’s life?’ Weigh that out," Kim said in the book.
"People talk s--t about me all day long.It will just be another story about me versus someone getting their life back."A week ...