Tiger King’sJoe Exotic is hopeful Donald Trump will soon ‘put pen to paper’ and grant him a presidential pardon. The Netflix star, real name Joe Maldonado-Passage, is currently serving 22 years for a series of offences including a murder-for-hire plot of fellow wildcat enthusiast Carole Baskin and violating several animal-related laws.
But since the true crime documentary on his life aired in March this year, becoming a worldwide phenomenon in the process, Exotic and his team have been lobbying President Trump in a bid to get him released through a presidential pardon.
The US leader even stated earlier this year that he would ‘look into it’ during a conference. As Trump’s time in office ends in seven weeks’ time, the legal team for Exotic.
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