Joe Exotic’s father has passed away following complications related to COVID-19, with the Tiger King star’s legal team pushing for a pardon to allow him to attend the funeral.
According to TMZ, the funeral of Joe’s father Francis Crydee will take place Saturday in Oklahoma, with the reality star, 57, ‘desperate’ to 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 their pardon petition, according to TMZ on Thursday.
RIP: Joe Exotic’s father has passed away following complications related to COVID-19, with the Tiger King star’s legal team pushing for a pardon to allow him to attend the funeral
The team would have an alternative plan – should the president’s request for pardon be rejected.
They go to a judge and ask for a day pass that allows Joe – real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage – to be temporarily released so that he can attend his father’s funeral.
Maldonado-Passage is currently serving a 22-year sentence for plotting the murder of big cat rights activist Carole Baskin, 59.
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Tiger King star: According to TMZ, the funeral of Joe’s father Francis Crydee will take place in Oklahoma on Saturday, with the reality star, 57, ‘desperate’ to attend
Last week TMZ claimed Love knows how to caress the ego of the 45th US president because on that day the House of Representatives will vote to ratify Joe Biden as the next president, while Trump, 74, is planning a meeting.
According to their insiders, there are rumors that on January 6, the commander-in-chief may pardon several people to serve as a distraction so that the vote does not receive normal attention.
This comes just a week after Exotic filed court documents in which he closed his pardon lawsuit after hearing that his request had been received by the president.
Netflix series star Tiger King last week sued the United States Department of Justice for rejecting his official clemency request, claiming it was invalid because his petition was not submitted directly to Trump.
Missed a lot: When the pardon plea fails, they go to a judge and ask for a day pass that would grant Joe – real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage – temporary release so that he could attend his father’s funeral (above Francis with wife Shirley on the tones)
He withdrew his complaint after learning that Trump had received his petition, according to an article by TMZ.
Lawyers for Maldonado-Passage, in their six-page complaint, had accused acting pardon attorney Rosalind Sargent-Burns of not forwarding the formal request, while claiming she should.
The complaint also cited Donald Trump Jr., 42, as a supporter.
Many people have come out and publicly stated that they disagreed with Joe Exotic’s conviction and subsequent punishment. They include members of the president’s own family. Donald Trump Junior has been a supporter of Joe Exotic’s pardon, ” the complaint said, according to the New York Post.
Maldonado-Passage is serving a 22-year sentence for plotting the murder of big cat rights activist Carole Baskin, 59.
Reality sensation: Maldonado-Passage is currently serving a 22-year sentence for conspiring to murder big cat rights activist Carole Baskin, 59 – as he was seen in August 2013
He was also convicted in 2019 of violating the Lacey Act eight times for falsifying wildlife records, and nine times for violating the Endangered Species Act.
Maldonado-Passage has reached out to reality star Kim Kardashian, 40, for help in reaching out to Trump.
In September, he wrote to the president calling for an early release from prison while his representatives spent about $ 10,000 at Trump’s Washington, DC hotel, in an effort to help his cause.
Earlier this year, Trump said he would consider pardoning Maldonado-Passage after his son Donald Trump Jr. had referred the matter to him.
“I’ll have a look,” he told reporters in April.
On the way out: TMZ claims the legal team knows how to caress the ego of the 45th US president because on that day the House of Representatives will vote to ratify Joe Biden as the next president, while Trump, 74, a meeting plans
Trump last Tuesday granted a slew of pardons and commutations in favor of former members of Congress convicted of corruption charges, two people charged in the Russia investigation that overshadowed his presidency, and four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 Baghdad massacre that left more than a dozen Iraqis behind. civilians dead.
Supporters of the former Blackwater Worldwide contractors had lobbied for the pardon, arguing that the men had been excessively punished in an investigation and prosecution they said were contaminated. All four served long prison terms.
The Blackwater firm was founded by Erik Prince, an ally of Trump and the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. It has since been renamed.
Netflix star: The Netflix documentary Tiger King aired in March during the coronavirus pandemic and became one of the most watched shows on the streaming service