Donald Trump said that he is ‘allowed’ to pardon Jeffrey Epstein’s associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, in exchange for her cooperation with ongoing investigations concerning the convicted sex offender, but had not yet considered whether to do so.
“I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about,” the POTUS said at the White House before departing for a trip to Scotland, on Friday.
Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for procuring and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by Epstein. The convicted sex offender’s accomplice was set to meet with a top Department of Justice official in Florida for the second day in a row.
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