Trump says he will 'look at' pardoning Tiger King's Joe Exotic

President Trump said he would look at pardoning Joe Exotic, the star of the Netflix series 'Tiger King' who is currently serving 22 years in prison for a murder-for-hire plot.

'I'll take a look,' Trump said Wednesday at the White House, telling reporters that he had not seen the show, which has been a ratings hit as Americans stay at home through the coronavirus crisis.

On Monday on SiriusXM, Donald Trump Jr. had called Exotic's sentence 'aggressive' after watching the documentary series in two sittings.

'Now, I don't even know exactly what he was charged with ... I watched the show, but it was like, I don't know exactly what he was guilty of or wasn't,' Trump Jr. said. 'It doesn't seem like he was totally innocent of anything. But when they're saying, "We're putting this guy away for 30 years," I'm saying that seems sort of aggressive.'

When a reporter brought up his son's comments, Trump commented, 'Which son? It must be Don. I had a feeling it was Don,' the president said.

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