A reporter asked President Trump if he would consider pardoning Joe Exotic from the Netflix series 'Tiger King', who is facing a 22-year prison sentence. Trump jokingly said, "I'll look into it."

Joe Exotic, aka Joe Maldonado-Passage, the central figure in the docuseries, is reportedly in quarantine because of coronavirus concerns.

Maldonado-Passage, who was born Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, is serving 22 years in prison after being convicted on charges relating to his role in a murder-for-hire plot that was intended to kill his rival, Carole Baskin, the head of a big cat rescue operation.

The question came up at a press briefing on April 8, 2020.

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