@dailymailpolitics: Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl were filmed in conversation with a convicted felon at the bar inside the glitzy Ritz–Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia, last month. Ammon Covino, an aquarium operator who spent almost two years behind bars for the illegal interstate transport of a shark and a stingray, was chatting to the pair with his wife, Crystal. Burkman and Wohl pitched a $300,000 package to help Covino secure a presidential pardon, a plan that involved enlisting influencers to publicly champion his cause - part of a growing industry in Washington that sees brokers offering access to the president to help their clients. Federal law requires lobbyists to report both their clemency clients and the associated fees to Congress – but how they go about their process often operates under wraps. Daily Mail's Jon Michael Raasch breaks down this pay to pardon scheme uncovered by CBS News' 60 Minutes. #news #politics #trump #pardon

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