Joe Exotic Pitches Pardon Deal To Trump: Release Us And My Prison Fiancé Will Deport Himself To Mexico

The Daily Beast reports:

Joe Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, has attempted to negotiate with Donald Trump from prison, asking the president to release him and his inmate fiancé Jorge Marquez. The star of the Netflix show Tiger King took to X late Monday night to make his case.

Appearing to address Trump, whom he endorsed in the 2024 election, Maldonado-Passage attached a photo of the two convicted felons and wrote, “You could deport him at some point, but if you let me go, we’ll both go to Mexico, which will save you the cost of deporting him and allow you to take care of me.”

Read the full article. Exotic is serving 22 years on charges including murder-for-hire. In 2017, he was so confident that Trump would pardon him upon taking office that he hired a limo to wait outside the prison.