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   From: fucktrump2025a@sacbee.con   
      
   Lee wrote:   
      
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   >TRUMP ISN’T RULING OUT A PARDON FOR   
   >CONVICTED SEX TRAFFICKER GHISLAINE   
   >MAXWELL   
   >July 28   
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   >Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be   
   >ruling out the possibility of   
   >pardoning convicted sex trafficker   
   >Ghislaine Maxwell, telling reporters   
   >on Monday that he is “allowed to give   
   >her a pardon,” but that he is yet to   
   >be asked to do so.   
   >   
   >“Well, I’m allowed to give her a   
   >pardon,” Trump said when asked about   
   >the prospect while meeting with   
   >British Prime Minister Keir Starmer   
   >in Scotland. “But nobody’s approached   
   >me with it. Nobody’s asked me about   
   >it. It’s in the news, about that,   
   >that aspect of it.”   
   >   
   >Last week, the Justice Department met   
   >with Maxwell — who is serving a 20-   
   >year sentence after being convicted   
   >of sex trafficking and other charges   
   >related to her and Jeffrey Epstein’s   
   >abuse ring — in an effort to determine   
   >if she has “information about anyone   
   >who has committed crimes against   
   >victims.” The move is part of an   
   >effort by the Trump administration   
   >to appease members of the MAGA base   
   >furious over the administration’s   
   >refusal to release large troves of   
   >evidence related to the Epstein case.   
   >   
   >Trump also told reporters on Monday   
   >that he had never had “the privilege”   
   >of going to Epstein’s private island,   
   >Little Saint James, where the disgraced   
   >financier and convicted sex trafficker,   
   >who died in prison 2019, allegedly   
   >invited wealthy associates to party   
   >and have sexual encounters with   
   >underage girls.   
   >   
   >The notion that Trump is even   
   >considering a pardon for Maxwell   
   >has sparked backlash from Epstein   
   >accusers, as well as some Republican   
   >lawmakers.   
   >   
   >“She didn’t just procure girls for   
   >Epstein, but she participated in   
   >their abuse — I think that’s an   
   >important thing for people to   
   >understand,” Epstein abuse survivor   
   >Annie Farmer said on Saturday in   
   >an interview with ABC News. Farmer   
   >added that if Maxwell were to be   
   >released from prison, it would be   
   >“devastating” not only to her but   
   >“for so many people involved in   
   >this case.”   
   >   
   >On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson   
   >(R-La.) told NBC News that while it’s   
   >up to Trump to decide whom to pardon,   
   >in his opinion, Maxwell’s 20 year   
   >sentence “was a pittance. I think   
   >she should have a life sentence at   
   >least.”   
   >   
   >The president seems to still be   
   >weighing his options.   
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   >https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-allowed-pardo   
   >n-ghislaine-maxwell-1235395065/   
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   Trump understands the sex trafficker mentality and holds great sympathy   
   in his heart for them.   He finds them inspirational.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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