Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is now reportedly seeking a presidential pardon from President Trump, according to Fox News’ David Spunt.
After a second consecutive day of high-level meetings between Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Spunt told viewers on America Reports that “it appears that her team wants a pardon.” The statement was followed by a clip of Markus speaking cautiously to reporters outside the courthouse.
“We will take one day at a time,” Markus said. “That is very cliché, but things are happening so quickly. We haven’t spoken to the president or anybody about a pardon just yet. Listen, the president said he had the power to do so, and we will exercise that power.”
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal sentence after being convicted of conspiring with Epstein to sexually exploit and abuse underage girls. Her legal team appears to be making a calculated play, turning toward the one individual who has both the authority and political boldness to upend conventional expectations: Donald Trump.
President Trump, known for challenging the status quo and resisting political pressure from the establishment on both sides, has been asked multiple times whether he would consider a pardon or commutation for Maxwell.
Initially, he deflected, but he never definitively ruled out the possibility, telling reporters at one point that he was “allowed” to use the presidential pardon power as he sees fit.
The left and even some on the right quickly pounced on the speculation, reviving old criticisms of how the Epstein saga has been handled in public discourse.
Critics within Trump’s own populist MAGA movement have expressed unease, warning that a pardon for Maxwell could feed into narratives pushed by opponents of the president. But it’s worth noting that Trump’s brief comment in 2020 — “I wish her well” — was widely overinterpreted, a reflection more of media hysteria than any substantive position.
Trump has, throughout his presidency and post-presidency, shown a willingness to consider clemency petitions on a case-by-case basis — sometimes extending compassion where the justice system has failed, other times drawing the line where the public trust would be compromised.
Whether Maxwell’s legal team will secure an audience or achieve success remains to be seen.
To date, no formal pardon request has been filed, and Trump himself has not publicly indicated whether he would consider such a request now. However, as Markus told reporters, “things are happening so quickly.”
Should Maxwell’s team push forward, the request may test how far Trump is willing to go in asserting his constitutional pardon power — a tool presidents have historically used to challenge what they believe are miscarriages of justice or prosecutorial overreach.
As with many things in Trump’s political orbit, the potential pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell would be nothing short of explosive.
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