Pardonnez-moi? Tiger King sues White House pardon office
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Ed MorrisseyPosted at 11:49 am on December 17, 2020
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Everyone knows that the presidency has plenary authority under the Constitution to issue pardons and commutations. Given that, it also follows that the presidency has the plenary authority to reject clemency applications. But does a president have the plenary authority to
ignore such applications and can a president delegate that screening task to others in the executive branch?
The answers seems rather obviously to be
yes, but Joe Exotic has a lot of time on his hands … twenty-two years of it, in fact. That sentence for the Tiger King’s plot to kill rival and critic Carole Baskin is precisely why he wants a pardon. And Maldonado-Passage has filed suit to force the Office of Pardons to pass his application to Donald Trump:
In this Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, the late Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, answers a question during an interview at the zoo he runs in Wynnewood, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
FORT WORTH, Texas (CN) Imprisoned “Tiger King” docuseries star Joe Exotic sued the Justice Department Wednesday, disputing a rejection of his pardon application because it was not presented directly to President Donald Trump.
Joseph Maldonado-Passage, 57, sued the U.S. Office of the Pardon Attorney in federal court in Fort Worth. He is currently an inmate at the nearby Federal Medical Center Fort Worth.
He was convicted in 2019 on two counts of murder-for-hire, eight counts of violating the Lacey Act for falsifying wildlife records and nine counts of violating the Endangered Species Act.
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Joe Exotic Demands Pardon Attorney Get His Request to President Trump Joe Exotic Get My Pardon Request to the Prez . Only He Has Final Say!!!
Donald Trump before he leaves office and they want a judge to force the issue.
The Tiger King s legal team just filed new docs asking a court to compel the Office of the Pardon Attorney the wing of the White House that vets pardon requests to get Joe s application on Trump s desk for a final decision, as they say only he can make it.
It s kinda technical, but long story short . Joe s team says they