Joe Unique Calls Out Trump Pardon of Chrisleys Whereas He Stays Behind Bars

Joseph “Joe Unique” Maldonado-Passage is asking out the White Home after President Donald Trump issued a pardon for Todd and Julie Chrisley with out giving him one as effectively.

The previous Tiger King star, 62, who was convicted in 2019 of plotting a murder-for-hire in opposition to animal rights activist Carole Baskin, took to X to share his frustrations with the American authorized system.

“I suppose being harmless just isn’t sufficient in America,” he wrote, including, “I am left to die of [prostate] most cancers earlier than I can get any assist.”

“Why is it all the world can see the proof however the White Home refuses to acknowledge,” he added.

Unique was sentenced to 22 years in jail for his crimes, which included hiring two folks — one in all whom was an undercover FBI agent — to kill Baskin and killing 5 tigers to make room for different giant zoo cats. Nevertheless, he has denied any wrongdoing, and beforehand requested for leniency on his sentence after he was identified with  an “aggressive” type of prostate most cancers in November 2021. 

In one other put up on X, shared the identical day because the Chrisleys’ pardon, he alleged that he “didn’t harm anybody,” “had no plans to harm anybody” and was “handled in methods no American ought to ever endure.”

The Trump Administration has not but responded to Unique’s feedback.

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On Could 27, President Donald Trump introduced that he had granted Todd, 57, and Julie, 52, full pardons following their conviction of tax evasion and financial institution fraud in 2022. The pair had been initially indicted in August 2019 and later reported to jail in January 2023. They’ve been interesting their case ever since their sentencing.

Initially, Julie’s attraction was granted as a consequence of inadequate proof, whereas Todd’s was upheld. Nevertheless, a separate choose later dominated that her authentic punishment was ample. (Their authentic sentences had been decreased in September 2023.)

“It is a horrible factor, nevertheless it’s an ideal factor, as a result of your dad and mom are going to be free and clear,” Trump stated to the couple’s kids by way of a cellphone name. “I hope we are able to do it by tomorrow. … I do not know them, however give them my regards and want them a superb luck.”

The couple’s daughter, Savannah Chrisley, 27, reacted to the information in an announcement shared with PEOPLE saying: “For the previous two and a half years, I’ve finished every thing in my energy to battle for my dad and mom’ freedom and produce them residence. This second is the reply to numerous prayers, and I’m past grateful to President Trump for seeing the reality and restoring my household.”

“… At this time is a victory for our household, however the battle in opposition to wrongful convictions and injustice inside our jail system is much from over. I’ll proceed to make use of my voice and platform to advocate for individuals who wouldn’t have one,” she added. “Household is every thing to me, and I’ll by no means cease preventing for what is correct.”