MSNBC predicts Trump won't pardon Maxwell because it wouldn't give him "good press."

[Miles Archer]

Trump could pardon Ghislaine Maxwell. Here's why he probably won't.

The president has shown he likes to pardon people who will get him good press — not bad press.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-ghislaine-maxwell-pardon-unlikely-epstein-case-rcna221335

One of the biggest questions people were asking after Department of Justice officials met with Ghislaine Maxwell in a Florida courthouse late last week was: What did the DOJ plan on asking Jeffrey Epstein’s former alleged enabler, who’s now serving a 20-year federal sentence for sex trafficking?

Another big question: What are a convicted sex trafficker like Maxwell’s answers worth?

Maxwell might have information that is devastating to the president, or no information about the president at all. And it could be that the government’s interest in speaking with Maxwell is purely for the pursuit of justice and does not pertain to the president’s personal self-interest.

Perhaps an even bigger question here: What does the government have to offer Maxwell in return if it is seeking her cooperation?

[Irish_Dem]

1. The US govt can promise not to kill her?

[Dave Bowman]

2. If she got a pardon that would also be an admission of guilt.

[allegorical oracle]

10. Technically that's so right. But his followers believe his BS if he repeats it all the time

everywhere he goes. His team will make up a bunch of convoluted lies about how her victims are mistakenly accusing her -- when she was just acting on orders from Epstein. It won't matter to them after a couple months pass. They're besotted by him.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. So, it wouldn't give him good press, huh?

A charming euphemism for, ‘we wouldn’t be able to pit lipstick on this particular pig.’

[doc03]

4. But she could have an accident or illness in prison. nt

[Haggard Celine]

5. I saw someone else here say that

he'll probably pardon her after the elections in 2028. I agree that's probably what he'll do. That's the kind of underhanded shit he's famous for.

[Miles Archer]

9. Oh, Im sure he has an "UP YOURS" list he's working on for November 2028 - January 2029.

Part of Trump's pathology over "revenge"...as outlined in most of his ghost-written books...is to "hit back ten times harder."

A few problems with that.

First, most of the "offenses" against Trump are things he BELIEVES TO BE an "offense."

Second, HE is the one who determines when enough is enough...when his own "Ten times harder" rule has been fulfilled.

So if it's an IMAGNED offense in Trump's mind, how do you hit back ten times harder against an imaginary injustice?

Doesn't mean that would stop him from trying.

[S/V Loner]

6. They will give her pardon...

At the end of his term. No one will know about it until it happens and then it doesn’t matter to him. Serving 3 years instead of 20 will be a big incentive.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. What is she cooperating about?

Trump's DOJ won't prosecute anything. Anyone will question the value of her testimony about anything.

[PSPS]

8. That's a laugh. Anything would be better than exposing his culpability.

[Clouds Passing]

11. Her pardon would give him chaotic press because he thrives on that

[lame54]

12. She'll "name" some dems and many...

Dead people

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Trump just pardoned a mass murderer.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-frees-us-marine-murdered-132403689.html

Where’s the bad press, America?

[AZJonnie]

14. "purely for the pursuit of justice and does not pertain to the president's personal self-interest"

Stop it guys, you're killing me

[Ping Tung]

15. He may pick the "middle path" and offer a shorter sentence and parole.

Ir offers plenty of headline time and satisfies his cult.