Trump is pardoning every criminal who pays for access to him (reportedly for millions of dollars) so why not Ghislaine Maxwell? It’s not like he cares if anyone sees this sort of thing as a textbook quid-pro-cuo. After all, he’ll accept ridiculous gifts from foreign players in exchange for favors without batting an eye:
Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to prison for 20 years for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to abuse minors, sent a clear message to Donald Trump on Monday that if the president were to grant her clemency, she would clear his name of any wrongdoing as it pertains to Epstein.
The extraordinary overture, stated by Maxwell’s lawyer Monday morning during her virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee, ensures the Epstein saga will continue to remain a political hotspot.
“Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump,” attorney David Oscar Markus said in a statement during the deposition, which he later posted on X. “Only she can provide the complete account. Some may not like what they hear, but the truth matters. For example, both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing.” Markus also said that: “Ms. Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation.”
Trump has not ruled out the possibility of offering Maxwell a pardon or commutation.
I would assume that he’d openly tout her “exoneration” as being the end of the story without even acknowledging that she did it solely because he agreed to commute her sentence. And his cult will accept that without question.