Tiger King star Joe Exotic has retained the services of a lawyer with ties to President Donald Trump in his quest for a presidential pardon. Exotic, 62, is serving a 21-year prison sentence for attempting to hire people to kill his nemesis, Carole Baskin, the CEO of Big Cat Rescue. His new attorney is Peter Ticktin, who went to military school with Trump in the 1960s and has written a book about his relationship with the president titled What Makes Trump Tick. According to TMZ, Ticktin and Exotic feel they have an advantage because Ticktin has gained the trust of some of the “players“ involved, namely Trump. “The deck was stacked against my client, who was presumed guilty from the start,” Ticktin told TMZ. “This is another innocent man who should be set free.” He is planning to file for a formal pardon and petition the Supreme Court to hear an appeal in the case by Christmas.
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