{"id":21985,"date":"2026-07-30T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21985"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:00:18","slug":"senate-goes-on-record-to-oppose-any-possible-pardon-for-ghislaine-maxwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21985","title":{"rendered":"Senate goes on record to oppose any possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/OmB_5onOy4GZSSkhcR8X5aiWe6Q=\/0x0:3600x2025\/1366x768\/2026\/07\/29\/1785349990769.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday declaring that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/28\/trump-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-pardon\" target=\"_blank\">Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>, the convicted sex trafficker who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/09\/ghislaine-maxwell-pleads-fifth-oversight-epstein\" target=\"_blank\">aided Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>&#8216;s abuse of underage girls, should never receive a presidential pardon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why it matters:<\/strong> Democrats wanted to put every Republican senator on record as opposed to a potential pardon. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<ul>\n<li>By failing to object to Sen. Jacky Rosen&#8217;s resolution, Republicans agreed that the president &#8220;should not grant a pardon, commutation, or any other form of executive clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/2026\/02\/12\/rosen-announces-resolution-opposing-any-clemency-from-donald-trump-for-ghislaine-maxwell\/\" target=\"_blank\">according to the resolution.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Senate stands with the victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking and affirms its commitment to justice, accountability, and the protection of children.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Senate resolutions like these are symbolic and non-binding. Last week, the Senate passed a similar resolution about any pardon or clemency for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zoom out:<\/strong> President Trump has never categorically ruled out a pardon for Maxwell, but he has not given any indication that he plans to issue one.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/10\/06\/supreme-court-ghislaine-maxwell-epstein\" target=\"_blank\">declined to hear Maxwell&#8217;s<\/a> appeal in October 2025, Trump was pressed on a potential pardon. <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Well, I&#8217;ll take a look at it. I wouldn&#8217;t consider it or not consider it. I don&#8217;t know anything about it. I will speak to the DOJ,&#8221; he said. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zoom in:<\/strong>  In May, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told senators that he would not recommend a pardon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blanche <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/25\/epstein-maxwell-trump-doj\" target=\"_blank\">personally interviewed<\/a> Maxwell last year as part of the Justice Department&#8217;s Epstein investigation, fueling speculation the administration might offer clemency in exchange for cooperation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday declaring that Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker who aided Jeffrey Epstein&#8216;s abuse of underage girls, should never receive a presidential pardon. Why it matters: Democrats wanted to put every Republican senator on record as opposed to a potential pardon. By failing to object to Sen. 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