Despite having pardoned many criminals in the past, Donald Trump does not want Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice, to be released from prison. Maxwell is currently serving a twenty-year sentence for helping Epstein sexually exploit and abuse underage girls. She had hoped that Trump might pardon her, but his administration has made it clear that this will not happen.
This decision comes even as the administration recently dismissed the idea that a “client list” from Epstein’s files exists, which had given Maxwell false hope for a pardon. The situation makes the administration’s approach to justice seem inconsistent, especially since Trump has pardoned criminals before and has had past ties to Epstein himself.
