Joe Exotic’s legal team has meeting and plan underway as they make the final push to get the Tiger King star to be pardoned by President Donald Trump before he leaves office.
The group, led by Eric Love, will fly to Washington DC next Wednesday, Jan. 6, for a “high-level” meeting on the pardon petition according to TMZ on Thursday.
The publication claims 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.
Tiger King: Joe Exotic’s legal team has meeting and plan underway as they make the final push to get the Tiger King star pardoned by President Donald Trump before leaving office according to TMZ, as seen in in August 2013
At the outset: the publication claims that Love knows how to caress the ego of the 45th president of the United States since 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.
The 57-year-old star of the Netflix series, 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 request was not granted. presented directly to Trump.
According to a TMZ article, the so-called tiger king, indeed Joseph Maldonado-Passage, withdrew his complaint after learning that Trump had received his request.
Interesting moment: 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
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.
Application Received: U.S. President Donald Trump, presented in the White House in November, has received a request for pardon from Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as the Tiger King.
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.
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.
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.
Trump on Tuesday issued a number of pardons and benefits for former members of Congress convicted of corruption charges, two people accused in the Russian investigation overshadowing his presidency and four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that it left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead.
Supporters of former Blackwater Worldwide contractors had pressed for pardons arguing that the men had been overly punished in an investigation and prosecution that 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.
Last days: Trump, shown earlier this month at the White House, issued a series of pardons and commutations on Tuesday that benefited former members of Congress convicted of corruption charges, two people accused in shadowing Russia’s investigation his presidency and four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead