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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump could promise Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon at the end of his term. Nothing anyone can do.
Is that right? Getting the details out as soon as possible is a must.
Or commute her sentence?

sop
(15,254 posts)RoeVWade
(573 posts)And I could easily be wrong.
sop
(15,254 posts)The point I was making is Trump can issue a pardon at any time during his presidency, he doesn't have to
wait till the end of his term. Trump pardoned all the 1/6 insurrectionists on his first day in office.
hatrack
(63,058 posts)If buying her silence with a pardon protects him, that is all that matters, that is all he cares about, that is all was ever going to care about.
CentralMass
(16,346 posts)FarPoint
(14,115 posts)here is what I see as the kicker....she will only expose Democrats.....She is a pedophile too and she apparently wants to live....
Lovie777
(19,393 posts)S/V Loner
(9,410 posts)the attorneys and all (including DOJ, Shithead, etc.) the parties involved. The only requirement is that she says what she is told to say. You can bet that she would take that deal.
Arazi
(8,188 posts)If/when shes released, her name will be removed.
I guarantee you theres folks watching that but theres no way she gets pardoned and released without some public statement exonerating Traitor.
Well all know when shes out
Captain Zero
(8,164 posts)Some places, courts she has to testify if called and can't take the 5th.
There may be more specifics for that than I know.
AZJonnie
(1,075 posts)You're pardoned, you're released, and then you get to go home. That's it.
BUT it is not a pardon for possible state or local charges so there's that.
S/V Loner
(9,410 posts)when it happens. All the Vermin want to do now is buy time by making the story disappear for as long as they can. We will only be able to speculate when she gives her testimony and the legacy media wont even do that.
OrlandoDem2
(3,023 posts)At this point theres no doubt that Trump knew of the pedophilia that was going on, and I wouldnt be surprised if he was part of it.
RoeVWade
(573 posts)take on this issue.
Ol Janx Spirit
(350 posts)...cans of worms if a state still has the ability to charge her for crimes in their jurisdiction. Accepting a pardon could make it potentially harder for her to plead the fifth amendment for those charges if they are the same or very similar charges. And unlike federal courts, many states allow cameras in court. A pardon could bring the case into a new light that the Wizard of Ooze wouldn't like.
It may also allow her to write and profit from a book about what she knows without fear of further prosecution under federal law.
I bet he likes her exactly where she is....
H2O Man
(77,392 posts)where the truth lies. (She is where she belongs.) She is a distraction, not what we should concentrate on.
WSHazel
(535 posts)It would be an admission of guilt.
GoodRaisin
(10,359 posts)his refusal to release the files.
Cooking up lies by Maxwell wont replace the fact that hes hiding the files and what he is trying to hide. This is just more diversion.
Jmb 4 Harris-Walz
(1,100 posts)Im sure pardons are For Sale in the current administration. They are also a great way to keep those with the real dirt quiet.
I really hope 2026 sees the dems taking possession of both the house and the senate and impeaching his ass out of office.