Boosie Badazz is putting his alleged text exchanges with a Trump pardon broker on blast after claiming he paid $600,000 for help securing presidential clemency that never came.
The rapper posted screenshots Monday that appear to show conversations between him and Jack Burkman, one of the political operatives Boosie says he hired to pursue a pardon from President Donald Trump.
The messages appear to date from November 2025 through February 2026, with Burkman allegedly assuring Boosie that his team was working on the pardon.
LOOK HOW THESE DUDES R LYING ON THE PRESIDENT‼️ TRUMP IS VERY SYMPATHETIC ‼️TRUMP WAS DELAYED BECAUSE THE VENEZUELAN CRISIS ‼️HE JUST GOT BACK TO DC TODAY ‼️ pic.twitter.com/lPu9sj03t7
— Boosie BadAzz (@BOOSIEOFFICIAL) September 15, 2026
At one point, according to the screenshots, Burkman appeared to explain delays by pointing to other issues confronting the Trump administration while telling Boosie that the president was sympathetic to his situation.
The pardon never materialized.
Boosie eventually told Burkman he wanted his money back. He is now pursuing legal action against Burkman and Jacob Wohl over the failed pardon effort.
The rapper has accused the pair of misrepresenting their connections to Trump and giving him excuses when the promised clemency did not arrive.
The dispute has already received national attention. Boosie appeared on CBS‘ 60 Minutes on Sunday, where he discussed the arrangement with correspondent Lesley Stahl. CBS reported that Boosie said he paid the brokers $600,000 upfront and believed his agreement called for half the money to be returned if he did not receive a pardon.
Burkman disputes that account. He has said there was no enforceable refund agreement, while the brokers have also denied sending certain messages attributed to them. CBS reported that people identified in messages as potential influencers or contacts for Boosie’s pardon denied involvement in his clemency effort.
The broader issue is the growing business around presidential clemency. CBS’ investigation found pardon brokers charging substantial fees to lobby on behalf of applicants, with Burkman and Wohl describing their work as legal lobbying rather than a pay-to-play operation.
Boosie’s case is now playing out on two fronts — in court and in public — with the rapper using the alleged messages as part of his effort to show what he says he was promised for the $600,000 he paid.
