FORT WORTH, Texas –
Joseph Maldonado, who is known as “Joe Exotic” from Netflix’s “Tiger King,” said President Joe Biden should pardon anybody who has filed for a clemency application, including himself.
Maldonado released an audio recording from a Fort Worth, Texas, prison, discussing the president’s decision to pardon Hunter Biden after claiming multiple times that he wouldn’t do so. Hunter Biden faced possible prison time after he was convicted of federal felony gun and tax crimes.
“You know how many thousands of people–normal taxpaying citizens–that are in federal prison for gun charges and tax evasion charges that don’t have the blessing of their daddy being president of the United States in order to keep getting out of trouble?” Maldonado said.
To demonstrate fairness toward the “normal citizen,” Maldonado asked the president to pardon others, including himself.
“He should …