Joe Exotic complains after Trump denies infamous zookeeper pardon

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'Tiger King' Joe Exotic says he's 'too innocent and too gay' to merit a Trump pardon

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Christy Somos CTV National News Associate Producer

Published Thursday, January 21, 2021 10:24AM EST

In this Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, Joseph Maldonado answers a question during an interview at the zoo he runs in Wynnewood, Okla. Federal prosecutors on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, announced that the zookeeper, also known as "Joe Exotic," and candidate for governor earlier this year, has been charged in a murder-for-hire scheme alleging he tried to hire someone to kill a Florida woman. Prosecutors allege Maldonado-Passage tried to hire two separate people to kill the woman, who wasn't harmed. Maldonado-Passage finished third in a three-way Libertarian primary in June. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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TORONTO -- Infamous zookeeper Joe Exotic, known for his Netflix series 鈥淭iger King,鈥� complained via Twitter after former U.S. president Donald Trump denied him a pardon 鈥� which Exotic blamed on him being 鈥渢oo innocent and too gay鈥� to deserve one.

Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is currently serving a 22-year sentence for a murder-for-hire plot in a prison in Fort Worth, Texas.

鈥淚 was too innocent and too gay to deserve a pardon from Trump,鈥� his .

It is unclear who is responsible for Exotic's social media while he is incarcerated.

鈥淚 only mattered to Don Jr. when he needed to make a comment about me to boost his social media post. Boy were we all stupid to believe he actually stood for equal justice? His corrupt friends all come first,鈥� the rest of the post reads.

On Trump鈥檚 final full day in office Tuesday, Exotic 鈥� expecting a pardon - hired a limousine that remained parked outside of the prison, .

Exotic remains in prison.

I was too innocent and too GAY to deserve a Pardon from Trump. I only mattered to Don Jr. when he needed to make a comment about me to boost his social media post. Boy were we all stupid to believe he actually stood for Equal Justice? His corrupt friends all come first.
鈥� Joe Exotic (@joe_exotic)