President Donald Trump said yesterday he has not considered granting a pardon or commutation for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who is back in the news amid a political furore over the case.
“It’s something I haven’t thought about,” Trump said when asked about the possibility of a pardon for Maxwell. “I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about.”
Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence at a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, after being found guilty in 2021 of helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. She is currently appealing her sentence.
Trump has been under growing pressure from his supporters and political opponents to release more information about the Justice Department’s investigation into Epstein, the disgraced financier who officials ruled died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
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