Yes, in a very odd report, Ali's attorney responded with an official statement via Twitter over the possible pardoning consideration by President Donald Trump: Date June 8, 2018 "We appreciate President Trump's sentiment, but a pardon is unnecessary. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Muhammad Ali in a unanimous decision in 1971. There is no conviction which a pardon is needed." The basis behind this "pardon" comes from a 1967 conviction due to Ali's refusal to the Vietnam Draft. Ali maintained vocally he was a "conscientious objector" in his famous style. As Ward's tweet states, four years later, in 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court would unanimously overturn that conviction. For reasons still unclear, 47 years later, Trump wants to overturn a conviction that does not exist.