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Anna Betts

Senate unanimously passes resolution opposing pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

man and woman sit together on a wooden bench on a log cabin porch in a green, wooded area
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein in image released by the Department of Justice on 19 December 2025. Photograph: US Justice Department/Reuters

The US Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution declaring its opposition to any presidential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes.

Introduced by Senator Jacky Rosen, a Democrat of Nevada, the resolution states that Maxwell “should not be granted a Presidential pardon or any form of clemency for her crimes with Jeffrey Epstein relating to the sexual exploitation and abuse of minors”.

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