Rapper Boosie seeks refund after failed Trump pardon bid

Rapper Torence Hatch, known as Boosie Badazz, has entered arbitration to reclaim $300,000 from lobbyists he paid to secure a presidential pardon that never materialized.

• Hatch paid Washington lobbying firm JM Burkman & Associates $600,000 in 2025 to pursue a Trump pardon for a 2023 federal gun conviction.
• The lobbyists told Hatch's attorneys that Trump had signed the pardon but the White House never announced it, according to Notus.
• The Trump White House told Hatch's attorney that it had not received a pardon request, the same outlet reported.
• Hatch seeks a $300,000 refund, citing an alleged agreement to return half the fee if no pardon came; the firm disputes that such a clause was ever agreed to.