Boosie Badazz is speaking out after allegedly spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a presidential pardon.
According to an in-depth report by Jasmine Wright and Taylor Giorno for NOTUS, the rapper has filed legal action against Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman of JM Burkman & Associates after paying them $600,000.
Boosie claims the hefty payment was made because he believed it would all but guarantee a presidential pardon. In Monday’s report, the My Deepest Thoughts artist said the pair “were talking like they had Trump on speed dial.”
The lawsuit further alleges that the two men, described as “far-right” lobbyists, assured Boosie’s legal team earlier this year that securing the pardon was essentially a done deal. According to Boosie, those promises quickly proved to be false.
The rapper has publicly sought a pardon from the Trump administration for years. Shortly after Donald Trump won a second presidential term in November 2024, Boosie took to X with a direct plea.
“Can you pardon me on my fed case?” he wrote. “I’m a non-violent felon.”
He renewed that request in January 2025, claiming he had been “targeted.”
By October of last year, Boosie had enlisted the services of Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl. As Complex‘s Shawn Setaro previously noted, Burkman and Wohl were convicted for targeting predominantly Black communities in multiple states with tens of thousands of robocalls containing false voting information.
The new NOTUS report cites what it says is a contract signed by Boosie and Burkman. According to the document, the consultants agreed to refund $300,000 if they failed to secure “a full presidential pardon for the matter.”
JM Burkman & Associates, however, dispute that any $300,000 refund agreement exists and maintain they made every effort to help obtain the pardon.
Complex has reached out to attorneys representing both sides for comment, and the story may be updated as more information becomes available. Before the report was published, Boosie hinted on X that his “new lawsuit [in] court” would become “national news” on Monday.
