"Tiger King" star Joe Exotic has retained a lawyer with ties to President Donald Trump ... and now he is hopeful for a pardon, TMZ has learned. As you know ... Joe is currently locked up in federal prison in Texas, serving a 21-year prison sentence for a murder-for-hire plot to kill his nemesis, Carole Baskin , and for wildlife violations. His new attorney, Peter Ticktin , went to military school with POTUS back in the day, and Joe and Peter seem confident they'll be able to work something out.

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