Boosie Badazz’s Estranged MAGA Lobbyists Just Inked a New Trump Pardon Client

Another criminal who wants President Donald Trump to pardon him for his financial crimes has hired Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl — two convicted fraudsters who are facing legal action from rapper Boosie Badazz, a former pardon client who’s accused the duo of misleading him.

Burkman and Wohl registered last week to lobby on behalf of Rajendra Parikh, who was sentenced last month to two years in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Judge Deborah Chasanow also ordered Parikh, who pleaded guilty in 2025 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, to forfeit $6 million and pay more than $6 million in restitution.

Neither Burkman nor Parikh’s lawyer, Robert Welsh, responded to requests for comment.

Burkman and Wohl have signed several clients seeking federal pardons or support on “DOJ issues” since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025. One of their clients, the nursing home mogul Joseph Schwartz, secured a pardon last fall.

Boosie, who has not received a pardon and terminated his contract with the firm in March, has accused Burkman and Wohl of withholding half of the $600,000 retainer that the rapper said they agreed to repay if they did not quickly secure a federal pardon, according to a copy of the signed contract reviewed by NOTUS.

JM Burkman & Associates previously said in a statement to NOTUS that “no provision to return half the fee was ever actually agreed to.” In text messages reviewed by NOTUS, Burkman told Boosie in March that he and Wohl were “essentially bankrupt.”

Burkman and Wohl owe millions of dollars in fines for running an illegal robocall scheme that targeted Black voters in several states, urging them to avoid voting by mail.

The pair pleaded guilty to telecommunications fraud in Ohio in 2022 and are required to disclose the felony convictions on their federal lobbying registrations and reports. They later pleaded no contest in Michigan and agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle the case in New York, and the Federal Communications Commission fined them more than $5 million.

Wohl also claimed in text messages reviewed by NOTUS that prominent MAGA influencers and politicians had endorsed Boosie’s pardon, but several told NOTUS or said after publication that they knew nothing about the matter.

“No offense but I also have no idea who you are and have never heard of your case. Seems like Burkman is using people’s names without permission to get business,” Laura Loomer wrote on X in response to a post from Boosie asking if she and others had spoken with the lobbyists about his pardon request.

JM Burkman & Associates previously told NOTUS that it “cannot think of a single client for whom our firm has done more work than Boosie.”

Burkman and Wohl started lobbying for Parikh on July 14, one day after NOTUS reported on the fallout between Boosie and his former pardon lobbyists. By law, Burkman and Wohl do not have to disclose until mid-October how much Parikh is paying them.

JM Burkman & Associates’ federal lobbying revenue has skyrocketed since the start of Trump’s second term, and their work is not limited to pardon lobbying. The firm reported $3.2 million in revenue in 2025, up from $1.6 million in 2024, according to federal lobbying data analyzed by OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan nonprofit that tracks the flow of money in politics.

The firm has reported making $1.4 million during the first six months of 2026, including $770,000 between April and June, according to a NOTUS analysis of federal lobbying disclosures.