{"id":31892,"date":"2025-07-25T17:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31892"},"modified":"2025-07-25T17:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T17:09:41","slug":"trump-indicates-he-could-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-amid-epstein-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31892","title":{"rendered":"Trump Indicates He Could Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell Amid Epstein Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article article--permalink \"><!--\/.article__header--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\"><!--\/#cb-3ad82e5410ff98fc15731f5bdaed5d7d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c35d8c75663360b179ff84ba62f179a2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> has left the door open to possibly pardon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jeffrey-epstein\/\"><strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s child sex trafficking associate &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ghislaine-maxwell\/\"><strong>Ghislaine Maxwell<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; in a shocking reversal of what the White House promised just two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c35d8c75663360b179ff84ba62f179a2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-da6a524aa1ff1b6a88f949d2af7a9750\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">The commander-in-chief gathered with a gaggle of reporters on the White House lawn Friday morning &#8230; and one journalist fired off the question that&#8217;s on everyone&#8217;s mind &#8212; Will Trump consider a pardon or a commutation for Maxwell?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-da6a524aa1ff1b6a88f949d2af7a9750--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-30e9eceac17a75ca49742eab1d25721d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"magnify-icon icon icon-lg\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5c\/4by3\/2025\/07\/10\/5ca484bd92e04d7cb5fab89916ccb61b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Ghislaine Maxwell donald trump sub getty swipe\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-30e9eceac17a75ca49742eab1d25721d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ce6abbf385999000eec141b958dcfb06\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">And Trump&#8217;s response was &#8230; well, let&#8217;s just say it gives plenty of wiggle room &#8230; check out the clip to hear 47&#8217;s own words on the subject, which is a far cry from what his White House said recently.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ce6abbf385999000eec141b958dcfb06--> <a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"><\/a><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8312b355a3771f4a3f635c6fa10fabaf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-335e6630-2aa1-42d1-bc7a-1a34cb946b32-240114043-progress-spinner\" class=\"ratio-item video-block__backdrop below\">\n<div class=\"spinner video-block__spinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-player-335e6630-2aa1-42d1-bc7a-1a34cb946b32-240114043-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0f\/16by9\/2025\/07\/25\/0fb9c55a0b1d4a4eb916d1ab708aee62_md.jpg\" alt=\"072525_trump_epstein_kal\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ratio-item ratio-item--jwplayer invisible\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-player-335e6630-2aa1-42d1-bc7a-1a34cb946b32-240114043\" class=\"video-portal\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-muted=\"false\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:video:335e6630-2aa1-42d1-bc7a-1a34cb946b32\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8312b355a3771f4a3f635c6fa10fabaf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1b597a4c14aedbe9ea6d671df99c7c28\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">As we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/10\/ghislaine-maxwell-hoping-for-trump-pardon-doj-epstein-client-list\/\"><strong>reported on July 10<\/strong><\/a>, a senior White House official offered up a definitive statement on the Maxwell pardon rumors, telling TMZ &#8230; &#8220;There have been no discussions or consideration of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, and there never will be.&#8221; Clearly, Trump now thinks otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1b597a4c14aedbe9ea6d671df99c7c28--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5271a966603d1f11fcfb5bb8038790e0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Meanwhile, <strong>Todd Blanche<\/strong> &#8212; the United States Deputy Attorney General &#8212; met for a second day in a row with Maxwell in a federal lockup to find out what she knows about the Epstein case. Maxwell was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/06\/28\/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking-case-20-years\/\"><strong>sentenced to 20 years<\/strong><\/a> in prison after she was found guilty in her 2021 trial of child sex trafficking in connection with Epstein. As for Epstein, he committed suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on his own sex trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5271a966603d1f11fcfb5bb8038790e0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ba33a9d86f44e6cb7a34f1dfb74e56b7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-33e52e39-7ec5-4a62-9af8-c3864396ba8f-1070411319-progress-spinner\" class=\"ratio-item video-block__backdrop below\">\n<div class=\"spinner video-block__spinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-player-33e52e39-7ec5-4a62-9af8-c3864396ba8f-1070411319-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/da\/16by9\/2025\/07\/08\/da563b9e78bd4b899559056bb22aff57_md.jpg\" alt=\"donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-kal-07-08-2025\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ratio-item ratio-item--jwplayer invisible\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-player-33e52e39-7ec5-4a62-9af8-c3864396ba8f-1070411319\" class=\"video-portal\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-muted=\"false\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:video:33e52e39-7ec5-4a62-9af8-c3864396ba8f\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ba33a9d86f44e6cb7a34f1dfb74e56b7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0de2516bdcb796ccf32d385bff10ffb6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">It&#8217;s unusual for a deputy attorney general to interview defendants in such cases, which are usually reserved for line prosecutors. But Trump has been rocked by all the controversy around the so-called &#8220;Epstein Files,&#8221; which has been a fascination among his MAGA base and other conspiracy theorists, who just won&#8217;t let it go.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0de2516bdcb796ccf32d385bff10ffb6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2a9a057197bf288db076cfd22da19ab4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-520003e0-398a-46aa-a097-3d2238095c8f-1226570199-progress-spinner\" class=\"ratio-item video-block__backdrop below\">\n<div class=\"spinner video-block__spinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-player-520003e0-398a-46aa-a097-3d2238095c8f-1226570199-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/26\/16by9\/2025\/07\/15\/260f089e7c844e9f8f1a4b843e4a3c74_md.jpg\" alt=\"071525_pam_bondi_kal\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ratio-item ratio-item--jwplayer invisible\">\n<div id=\"jwplayer-video-player-520003e0-398a-46aa-a097-3d2238095c8f-1226570199\" class=\"video-portal\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-muted=\"false\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:video:520003e0-398a-46aa-a097-3d2238095c8f\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Fox News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2a9a057197bf288db076cfd22da19ab4--> <!--\/#cb-fcab8a3eab171f5c2da407b378314ad5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9fb85f1e183b3e5a569ed9537dd874d7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\"><a class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2022\/06\/28\/jeffrey-epstein-with-famous-friends\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:0ee8f909-892a-4698-b76e-c2d94dc99c39\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a29cad58-9a8a-44b8-97c3-485f11632a9f\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; 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and it hasn&#8217;t died down one bit thanks to last week&#8217;s bombshell article in the Wall Street Journal about Trump allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/17\/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-note-naked-woman-wall-street-journal\/\"><strong>writing a bawdy 50th birthday message<\/strong><\/a> to Epstein.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f05fc3924cfab0aec53847bec136a98b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-35e3e0d28af5692bca1d248f13bf34fa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-iframe-block canvas-iframe-block-permalink canvas-iframe-block--default  \"><\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-35e3e0d28af5692bca1d248f13bf34fa--> <!--\/#cb-e1919e071da1ad265fb41b0c94b5b997--><\/div>\n<p><!--\/.article__blocks--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- end: promotion-slot desktop-news-permalink --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; President Donald Trump has left the door open to possibly pardon Jeffrey Epstein&#8216;s child sex trafficking associate &#8212; 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