The Boosie pardon controversy is expanding as the Baton Rouge rapper publicly calls on seven prominent conservative figures to say whether they had any involvement in the clemency effort that allegedly cost him $600,000.
According to a post from Boosie’s official X account, he named Laura Loomer, Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec, Erika Kirk, Mike Johnson, Nancy Mace and Andy Biggs before asking each person to make a truthful statement about having contact, or no contact, with political operatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl.
“$600K was taken from me with your names mentioned in emails by these people,” Boosie wrote.
The tweet does not accuse the seven people of taking his money. Instead, Boosie appears to be asking them to confirm or deny claims that their names and possible support were used during the pardon pitch.
According to NOTUS, Wohl allegedly told Boosie’s attorney Meghan Blanco that Cernovich, Posobiec and Kirk had endorsed clemency for the rapper. NOTUS reported that Wohl also claimed House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Representatives Nancy Mace and Andy Biggs supported the effort.
Laura Loomer was reportedly presented differently. According to NOTUS, Burkman and Wohl repeatedly discussed Loomer in messages with Blanco and allegedly suggested that she could ask Trump aide Natalie Harp to bring Boosie’s application directly to Trump.
Several of those claims have already received pushback, adding more pressure to the Boosie pardon dispute.
Per NOTUS, a representative for Erika Kirk said Kirk did not know who Boosie was and called any suggestion that she endorsed his pardon untrue. Mike Cernovich reportedly said he never advocated for Boosie’s clemency. Mike Johnson’s office categorically denied any connection between Johnson and the people involved in the alleged arrangement.
NOTUS reported that Mace’s office declined to comment, Biggs’ office acknowledged the outlet’s questions without providing a response, and Posobiec and Loomer did not respond to its requests for comment. Boosie’s latest tweet now places the unanswered questions directly in front of them.
The public challenge comes after Boosie, whose legal name is Torence Hatch, entered an agreement with JM Burkman & Associates on September 30, 2025. The contract called for a $600,000 upfront payment. Boosie’s representatives maintain that $300,000 was refundable if clemency was not secured by the agreed deadline and a written refund request was submitted.
JM Burkman & Associates disputes that interpretation. The firm told NOTUS that no agreement to return half of the money was ever finalized. The disagreement remains in arbitration.
According to messages and interviews reviewed by NOTUS, Burkman allegedly told Blanco on New Year’s Eve that Trump had the pardon in hand and was prepared to sign it. Blanco said she was told during a call the following day that the pardon had already been signed but had not been announced.
No pardon appeared.
A White House official told NOTUS that the clemency team had never heard from Burkman or Wohl and said their involvement could damage an applicant’s chances. NOTUS also reported that Boosie’s attorney later submitted a separate application directly to the White House. That application is not connected to the work allegedly performed by Burkman and Wohl.
Burkman has defended his firm. According to TMZ, he claimed the firm worked extremely hard for Boosie and argued that a later Texas arrest made obtaining clemency more difficult.
The underlying federal case remains active. According to the United States Department of Justice, Boosie was sentenced in January to three years of supervised release, 300 hours of community service and a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon.
The backgrounds of Burkman and Wohl have also become part of the scrutiny. According to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, both men pleaded guilty in 2022 to felonious telecommunications fraud connected to robocalls designed to suppress voting in minority communities.
Boosie’s newest move shifts the Boosie pardon controversy away from private messages and into public view. Each person named now has an opportunity to confirm what happened, deny any involvement or explain exactly how their name entered a $600,000 clemency pitch that produced no pardon.
