Joe Unique took purpose at Donald Trump throughout an interview on Fox Information and accused the previous president of “screwing” him over.
Unique, whose actual identify is Joseph Allen Maldonado, shot to fame because the star of the Netflix docuseries Tiger King. The hit sequence, primarily based on the world of massive cat collectors and conservationists within the U.S., make clear his eccentric life because the proprietor of a zoo in Oklahoma.
Unique is serving a 21-year sentence following a conviction in 2019 on a number of prices, together with two counts of hiring hitmen to homicide wildlife activist Carole Baskin. He was additionally convicted of killing tigers and promoting them throughout state traces.
Joe Unique
He has since launched a bid for president in 2024, becoming a member of a rising subject of presidential hopefuls together with former President Donald Trump who continues to guide amongst probably Republican main voters in most up-to-date polls.
Unique had beforehand known as on Trump to pardon him and has requested President Biden to do the identical.
Unique spoke to Fox Information’ Lawrence Jones on Sunday and defined why he switched his marketing campaign from the Libertarian Social gathering to run as a Democrat. He additionally commented on Trump’s latest authorized troubles and ongoing indictment.
He mentioned: “If the person broke the legislation, he must pay the worth, no totally different than President Biden or Hunter Biden, Obama or anybody else. The system of two-party justice, of the wealthy and the poor, has acquired to cease. The structure says equal justice for all.”
When requested what message he had for Trump, Unique mentioned: “His administration is the one [that] screwed me over and put me in right here for an agenda to cease you from proudly owning a tiger and petting a child tiger.
“All I’ve acquired to say to him is karma is a b****, ain’t it.”
Unique has addressed the truth that he’s operating for president whereas serving a jail time period. On his web site, he known as into query the validity of his sentence.
His web site states: “Sure, I do know I’m in Federal Jail and also you would possibly suppose it is a joke nevertheless it’s not. It’s my Constitutional proper to do that even from right here.”
“I’ve been put right here solely due to the corruption within the Division of Justice, three felons that have been instructed the way to lie below oath to additional this agenda, two corrupt Assistant U.S. Attorneys, two corrupt FBI Brokers. and one corrupt Federal Wildlife Agent.”
Unique has mentioned he plans on being the voice of the individuals together with his marketing campaign.
“This all has not a factor to do with me with the ability to be your voice. The perfect factor you could have going for supporting me is that I’m used to combating my complete life simply to get by. I’m broke, they’ve taken every little thing I ever labored for away, and it is time we take this nation again.”
Newsweek has contacted Donald Trump through e mail for remark.