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CNN asks Trump if he would pardon Ghislaine Maxwell?!
After the Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, President Trump was thrown into the hot seat by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, who asked the president whether or not he intended to pardon her himself.
“You know, I haven’t heard the name in so long. I can say this: that I’d have to take a look at it. I would have to take a look,” he responded, asking Collins, “Did they reject that?”
“She wanted to appeal her conviction. They said that they were not going to hear her appeal,” Collins answered.
“I see. Well, I’ll take a look at it. I will speak to the DOJ. I wouldn’t consider it or not consider it; I don’t know anything about it. I will speak to the DOJ,” he answered.
“I have a lot of people who have asked me for pardons. I call him Puff Daddy, has asked me for a pardon,” he added.
“But she was convicted of child sex trafficking,” Collins interjected.
BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler isn't impressed by Collins' line of questioning.
“Kaitlan Collins was obviously trying to set President Trump up by asking whether he would pardon Ghislaine Maxwell because she wanted to be outraged by the idea that Trump would pardon Ghislaine Maxwell,” Wheeler says on “The Liz Wheeler Show.”
“I don’t think he will pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, but I think it was not a question that was asked in good faith by CNN. It was an attempt to trick Trump into appearing to go soft on Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein,” she continues.
“So CNN, as always, can be completely discounted,” she adds.
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Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal on first day of session
Scrutiny over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case continues, and in the last couple of months, people have been increasingly worried that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's convicted partner in crime, may have her case reconsidered.
However, the Supreme Court just shut down Maxwell's appeal on Monday, the first day of the term.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 28, 2022, after being found guilty of multiple charges, including sex trafficking of a minor, on December 29, 2021.
Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for multiple charges, argued to no avail that some of her charges should be dropped on a technicality with regard to Epstein's case.
Specifically, according to SCOTUSblog, Maxwell's appeal requested that the Supreme Court review a decision regarding a 2007 non-prosecution agreement between Epstein and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. The agreement protected Epstein from future charges, presumably in that district, but it also mentioned "potential co-conspirators" in part of the deal.
"If Epstein successfully fulfills all the terms and conditions of this agreement, the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein," it said.
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Because the deal specifically mentioned "the United States," Maxwell argued that the clause was binding on all federal courts and therefore should have potentially protected her from some of the charges brought against her by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York that led to her conviction.
According to SCOTUSblog, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer called this clause "highly unusual" in the government's response to Maxwell's petition for certiorari.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 28, 2022, after being found guilty of multiple charges, including sex trafficking of a minor, on December 29, 2021.
At the beginning of August, Ghislaine Maxwell was moved from a prison in Florida to the lower-security Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas. This transfer was arranged following a two-day interview session with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
She also previously offered to testify before Congress on several conditions, including immunity. Thus far, her offer has been rejected.
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