US rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bid
Boosie Badazz performing in 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: Prince Williams/FilmMagicView image in fullscreenBoosie Badazz performing in 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm disputes that it had agreed to return half of the money if no pardon materialized.View image in fullscreenJack Burkman, of JM Burkman & Associates, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
- ▪Boosie Badazz performing in 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
- ▪Photograph: Prince Williams/FilmMagicView image in fullscreenBoosie Badazz performing in 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
- ▪The firm disputes that it had agreed to return half of the money if no pardon materialized.View image in fullscreenJack Burkman, of JM Burkman & Associates, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
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Boosie Badazz performing in 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: Prince Williams/FilmMagicView image in fullscreenBoosie Badazz performing in 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph: Prince Williams/FilmMagicTrump administrationUS rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bidRapper paid JM Burkman & Associates $600,000 to push for president’s pardon but firm says no partial refund promisedEdward HelmoreTue 14 Jul 2026 11.21 EDTLast modified on Tue 14 Jul 2026 11.32 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleLouisiana rapper Boosie Badazz is reportedly looking to claw back $300,000 from a firm of Washington DC lobbyists after they failed to secure a Donald Trump pardon that he hired them to pursue over his conviction on charges of possessing a loaded weapon at music video…
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