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Rhiannon12866

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Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:31 AM Oct 2025

Lawrence: Trump reveals he's considering pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell - The Last Word - MSNBC



MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes how when Donald Trump “pretends to look at” whether he should pardon convicted sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, whose appeal the Supreme Court refused to hear, he will not read what victims of Maxwell and Epstein said at her sentencing hearing. - Aired on 10/06/2025.
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Lawrence: Trump reveals he's considering pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell - The Last Word - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 OP
I heard that if markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #1
But she did already testify in court and was charged with perjury, let alone what she said in the Blanche interview Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 #3
Gut wrenching......... Hope22 Oct 2025 #2
Agreed, and he's getting worse and more unhinged by the day... Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 #4

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
1. I heard that if
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:59 AM
Oct 2025

Trump pardons her that she then has immunity so she can be compelled to testify before Congress and she can't refuse to answer questions. But if Trump commutes her sentence then she can't be compelled to testify.

Rhiannon12866

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3. But she did already testify in court and was charged with perjury, let alone what she said in the Blanche interview
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 01:08 AM
Oct 2025

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