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Jaymie Vaz

‘Her story is up for sale’: Lawyers insist that Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘twisted’ clemency pitch is just a desperate game of chess

Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, recently refused to testify before Congress, which is a shift from her previous cooperation. Instead, she offered a dramatic counter-proposal: she will reveal the “unfiltered truth” about the entire scandal, only if Donald Trump grants her clemency.

Maxwell’s attorney, David Oskar Marcus, made the pitch publicly, stating, “Ms Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump.” What’s truly attention-grabbing is that she specifically offered to clear the names of both Trump and Bill Clinton, claiming, “Ms Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation.”

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