Joe Exotic’s father has died after complications related to COVID-19, with the legal team of the tiger king star asking for a pardon to allow him to attend the funeral.
According to TMZ, the funeral of Joe’s father, Francis Schreibvogel, will take place on Saturday in Oklahoma, where the “desperate” 57-year-old reality star will attend.
Joe’s legal team, led by private investigator Eric Love, will fly to Washington DC on Wednesday, Jan. 6 for a “high-level” meeting on the pardon petition according to TMZ on Thursday.
RIP: Joe Exotic’s father died after complications related to COVID-19, with the legal team of the tiger king star asking for a pardon to allow him to attend the funeral
The team is said to have an alternative plan in case the request for a presidential pardon is rejected.
They will go to a judge and ask for a day pass to grant Joe temporary release (real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage) so he can attend his father’s funeral.
Maldonado-Passage is currently serving a 22-year sentence for conspiring to kill Carole Baskin, 59, a big cat rights activist.
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Tiger King star: According to TMZ, the funeral of Joe’s father, Francis Schreibvogel, will take place on Saturday in Oklahoma, with the reality star, 57, “desperate” to attend
Last week TMZ claimed that Love knows how to caress the ego of the 45th president of the United States as that day the House of Representatives will vote to ratify Joe Biden as the next president while Trump, 74, plans a rally.
According to his privileged, there is a rumor that the commander-in-chief can forgive several people on January 6 for serving as a distraction, so that the vote does not draw normal attention.
This comes just a week after Exotic filed court documents to dismiss his pardon claim after learning that his request has been received by the president.
Netflix series star Tiger King sued the U.S. Department of Justice last week for rejecting his request for an official pardon alleging it was invalid because his petition was not filed. directly to Trump.
Very lost: in case the pardon appeal fails, they will go to a judge and ask for a daily allowance to grant Joe temporary release (real name of Joseph Maldonado-Passage) so he can attend his father’s funeral ( on Francis with his wife Shirley on the show)
According to a TMZ article, he withdrew his complaint after learning that Trump had received his request.
Maldonado-Passage’s attorneys in their six-page complaint had accused pardoning attorney Rosalind Sargent-Burns of failing to submit the formal request while claiming she was forced to do so.
The complaint also named Donald Trump Jr., 42, a supporter.
“A lot of people have come out and publicly expressed their disagreement with Joe Exotic’s subsequent conviction and sentencing. Among them are members of the president’s own family. Donald Trump Junior has advocated for Joe Exotic to be pardoned,” according to the complaint, according to the New York Post.
Maldonado-Passage is serving a 22-year prison sentence for conspiring to kill Carole Baskin, a 59-year-old big cat rights activist.
Feeling of reality: Maldonado-Passage is currently serving a 22-year sentence for conspiring to kill Carole Baskin, a 59-year-old big cat rights activist, as seen in August 2013
He was also convicted in 2019 of eight offenses of violating the Lacey Act for falsifying wildlife records and nine of violating the Endangered Species Act.
Maldonado-Passage has contacted reality star Kim Kardashian, 40, to ask for help reaching Trump.
In September, he wrote a letter to the president calling for early release from prison while his representatives spent about $ 10,000 at the Trump Hotel, Washington, DC, to try to help his cause.
Earlier this year, Trump said he would consider issuing a pardon for Maldonado-Passage, after his son Donald Trump Jr. brought him the case.
“I’m going to take a look,” he told reporters in April.
At the exit: TMZ claims that the legal team knows how to caress the ego of the 45th president of the United States as that day the House of Representatives will vote to ratify Joe Biden as the next president while Trump, 74, plans a rally
Trump issued a series of pardons and commutations last Tuesday to benefit former members of Congress convicted of corruption charges, two people accused in Russia’s investigation overshadowing his presidency, and four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqis. dead civilians.
Supporters of former Blackwater Worldwide contractors had lobbied for pardons, arguing the men had been overly punished in an investigation and prosecution they said was contaminated. All four were serving long prison sentences.
The Blackwater firm was founded by Erik Prince, an ally of Trump and brother of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The name has since been changed.
Netflix Star: The Netflix documentary Tiger King aired in March amid the coronavirus pandemic and became one of the most watched programs on the streaming service.