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Trump on pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I’d have to take a look at it’

Trump said he will consult the Department of Justice before deciding on a pardon for Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence after the Supreme Court rejected her appeal.

  • President Trump did not rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell after the Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal.
  • The Supreme Court's decision left a pardon from Trump as Maxwell's only option for early release from her 20-year sentence, which ends in 2042.
  • Maxwell's lawyer, David Oscar Markus, expressed disappointment in the Supreme Court's ruling, stating, 'This fight isn’t over.'
  • Maxwell was convicted in 2022 of plotting with Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls, leading to her 20-year prison sentence.
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The Supreme Court dismissed Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal against her 20-year sentence for sexual exploitation of minors with Jeffrey Epstein, but Trump can pardon her.

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