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Jorge Aguilar

‘20 years was a pittance’: Mike Johnson has ‘great pause’ as Trump flirts with pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell

The idea of a presidential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, is causing disagreement among Republicans and making people wonder how much information about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes is still hidden. House Speaker Mike Johnson has serious doubts about the possibility of a pardon.

Johnson spoke about this after the deputy attorney general met with Maxwell. According to The Guardian, Johnson said he thought her sentence was too light and that she should have gotten life in prison because of the horrible nature of her crimes and her role in planning them. However, it’s up to Donald Trump in the end.

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