Boosie BadAzz Sues After Paying $600,000 for Trump Pardon That Never Happened
UPDATE (July 14): Boosie BadAzz is applying pressure after filing an arbitration case against Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, two alleged political opps at JM Burkman & Associates, who the rapper claims robbed him of $600,000 for a presidential pardon from Donald Trump.
The Baton Rouge, La., rapper jumped on his X.com account on Monday (July 13) and blasted Jack for his alleged deception.
"ITS GETTING HOT... SO WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? I THOUGHT TRUMP SIGNED THE PARDON? I THOUGHT U HAD THE PRESIDENT ON SPEED DIAL? U SHOULDVE DID YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE TRYING TO JACK ME LIKE U DID THE OTHERS," wrote Boosie in all caps.
Boosie also tagged several political figures, including far-right political activist Laura Loomer, Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace, and Erika Kirk, the widow of the late right-wing media personality Charlie Kirk. The rap vet wants them to confirm whether they had any involvement in his alleged pardon process since their names purportedly appeared in emails tied to the alleged pardon deal.
In response, Laura Loomer said on her X.com account that she doesn't broker pardons and has no idea who Boosie is.
"I don't get involved in this type of work and have no idea what you’re talking about. No offense but I also have no idea who you are and have never heard of your case," she wrote. "Seems like Burkman is using people’s names without permission to get business. That's also not how the pardon process works. You can't pay for a pardon...not sure who told you that's how it works."
UPDATE (July 14): Meanwhile, in a statement to XXL, Jack Burkman of JM Burkman & Associates maintains he committed no wrongdoing with helping to advocate Boosie for a presidential pardon. He added that shifting schedules and the rapper's unexpected legal hurdles prevented his petition from being reviewed in time. Jack insists no agreement to return half of the retainer fee was agreed to.
"In 25 years, we cannot think of a single client for whom our firm has done more work than Boosie," he wrote in his statement. "This included a massive, highly tailored advocacy campaign across Congress, the executive branch and leading political influencers and media figures."
"In this matter, our advocacy campaign was somewhat complicated by changing court-dates that shifted the timelines under which success might be possible, due to statutory requirements around how a pardon request must be submitted, as well as other unfortunate allegations against the client in other jurisdictions," he continued. "No provision to return half the fee was ever actually agreed to."
Original Story:
In a strange collision of hip-hop and politics, Boosie BadAzz is suing two political lobbyists after paying $600,000 for a presidential pardon from Donald Trump that never happened.
According to a NOTUS.org report, published on Monday (July 13), Boosie is seeking to recoup $300,000 from a pair of lobbyists after they failed to secure a Trump pardon for his federal gun case. In March of 2026, attorneys for the Louisiana rapper filed an arbitration case against Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, two far-right political operatives at JM Burkman & Associates. In his legal action, Boosie claimed to have paid Wohl and Burkman $600,000 after speaking with them about securing a signed pardon from President Donald Trump, after he was facing sentencing on gun possession charges.
Boosie, born Torence Hatch, told NOTUS.org that the two men made it seem easy to get and told him that it was a done deal.
"They were real aggressive, they were talking like they had Trump on speed dial," he told the political website.
Apparently, Wohl and Jack Burkman didn't live up to their promise because a Trump pardon never happened. In fact, an unnamed White House official who works on clemency told NOTUS.org they had never heard of Wohl or Burkman, and don't support their work, and "would advise anyone seeking clemency that their involvement will actively harm their chances."
According to Boosie's legal filing, he's seeking $300,000, as cited in his retainer contract, which requires the lobbyists to return half of the payment if a pardon wasn't secured. Attorneys for Wohl and Burkman say the agreement was never actually signed and want the case to be dismissed.
Boosie's arbitration attorney, Jill Craft, believed that Wohl and Burkman allegedly preyed on the rapper's desperation to get clemency for his federal gun case for a quick payday.
"When people are in difficult situations, you know, they always want to have hope, right? You always want to have that tangible notion that this might turn out okay," Craft told NOTUS.org. "And unfortunately, I mean, in this society of ours, there are people who, you know, recognize that in others and prey on it."
XXL has reached out to Boosie BadAzz's attorney, as well as Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl of JM Burkman & Associates, for comment.
Although the pardon never materialized, Boosie BadAzz managed to avoid prison after a judge handed down a sentence of time served in January 2026. Along with three years of supervised release, the rapper was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.
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