A legal team defending Joe Exotic is asking President Donald Trump to pardon the infamous Tiger King. FORT WORTH, Texas - Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, will remain behind bars despite a hoped-for pardon from President Donald Trump.Exotic was made famous last year by the Tiger King miniseries on Netflix and has been very public in his seeking of a pardon.But when the list of presidential pardons and commutations was released shortly before midnight Tuesday by the White House, his name was not on the list.Earlier in the day, Exotic and his legal team were optimistic about their chances.SKY4 found the limo he booked to pick himself up from a prison in Tarrant County that was parked outside of his attorney's office on Tuesday.