Denver’s Fox affiliate reports:
Joseph Maldonado-Passage, known widely as “Joe Exotic,” has filed the paperwork to appear on the 2024 Democratic presidential primary ballot in Colorado, according to the former zookeeper.
Maldonado is currently serving a 21-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot. Because he’s not set to be released until years after the 2024 election ends, he will run his campaign from prison.
Nothing in the law prevents a person from running for president from prison or as a convicted felon. This is because, constitutionally, the only requirements for office are that someone is 35 years or older, is a natural-born citizen and has been a resident for 14 years.
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Joe Exotic says he’s officially on Colorado ballot as presidential candidate https://t.co/nevofF805u
— Eyewitness News (@WEHTWTVWlocal) June 19, 2023
Snubbed For Pardon, Joe Exotic Turns On Trumps – https://t.co/SDvP9iWxBg pic.twitter.com/3DrhqL0AYi
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) January 21, 2021
Make all the Tiger King jokes you want, but the fact that Joe Exotic’s legal team thought that spending $14,000 at Trump’s hotel was enough to buy a pardon tells you a lot about Trump’s corruption
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 22, 2021
INSTANT REGRET: Joe Exotic rents a massive limo anticipating a pardon from Trump. Gets pardon rejected. pic.twitter.com/je5r5PJnwz
— Def Noodles (@defnoodles) January 20, 2021