Will Trump Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell? President Says He’s ‘Allowed’ To Do It

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President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of pardoning Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday—saying he hadn’t “thought about” the possibility but is “allowed” to pardon her—as Maxwell’s interview with Justice Department prosecutors this week has sparked new questions about whether the Trump administration could offer her a pardon in exchange for exonerating the president from Epstein’s crimes.

Ghislaine Maxwell and now-President Donald Trump attend the 50th Anniversary of the Ford Modeling … More Agency in New York City on Oct. 30, 1997.

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