Rapper Boosie Badazz is in arbitration against two well-known MAGA operatives after paying them
$600,000 to secure a Trump pardon over a gun charge that never arrived, NOTUS reported Monday.
Boosie, whose legal name is Torence Hatch, is seeking to recover $300,000 from Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, the lobbyists at JM Burkman & Associates, according to a contract reviewed by NOTUS. The pair have refused, citing cost overruns and saying they are effectively bankrupt, the outlet reported.
Boosie told NOTUS he signed on after hearing the firm's pitch late last September.
"They were real aggressive, they were talking like they had
Trump on speed dial," he said.
What followed, according to texts and emails NOTUS reviewed, was a steady stream of assurances.
Burkman said in a New Year's Eve text that the president had it "in hand and is ready to sign." A day later, criminal defense lawyer Meghan Blanco said she was told the pardon had been signed and only needed announcing.