Two days ago Junior suggested this to troll the media.
NBC News reports:
During the White House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, a reporter asked President Trump if he would consider a pardon for Joe Exotic. Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is the centerpiece of the Netflix viral documentary “Tiger King.”
The 57-year-old is currently serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot, but he claims he’s been wrongfully convicted. “I know nothing about it,” President Trump said. “22 years for what? What did he do?”
After the reporter briefing explained the murder-for-hire plot, the president began asking other reporters in the room if they would recommend a pardon. “I’ll take a look,” he said.
The President says he will take a look into pardoning Joe Exotic from Tiger King pic.twitter.com/rUsJO3D5zH
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) April 8, 2020
Trump is asked about a pardon for Joe Exotic of Tiger King.
Trump: “I know nothing about it…he has 22 for what? What did he do?”
Trump to the reporter asking/explaining: “You think he didn’t do it? Are you on his side? Are you recommending a pardon?”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 8, 2020
The media is so addicted to sensationalism that a journalist at the Coronavirus Press Conference literally asked Trump whether he will listen to Donald Trump Jr.’s suggestion to pardon Tiger King Joe Exotic for hiring a hit man. We have a broken government and a broken media.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 8, 2020
WTAF: A reporter wastes our time by asking Donald Trump if he’ll pardon Joe Exotic, saying he’s the only one getting ratings as high as Trump’s press conferences.
How many Americans will die today?
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 8, 2020
“Will you pardon Joe Exotic?”
Trump: “What did Joe Exotic do?”
“He allegedly hired a hit man to kill—“
Trump: “Yes.”
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 8, 2020
President Donald Trump told reporters that he would “take a look” at the Netflix hit #TigerKing and star #JoeExotic’s appeal for a pardon https://t.co/dGPAOUSSb9
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) April 8, 2020
It’s hilarious trump knows exactly which one of his dipshit sons came up with the idea.
— Nate (@Stinkshovel) April 8, 2020