President Trump deflected a question about whether he would pardon sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell — telling reporters that he receives many clemency requests and would have to consult with the Justice Department.
“I will speak to the DOJ. I wouldn’t consider it or not consider — I don’t know anything about it,” Trump said in the Oval Office when asked about the Supreme Court denying Maxwell’s appeal.
“I’ll look at it. I have a lot of people who have asked me for pardons. I call him ‘Puff Daddy,’ has asked me for a pardon.”
When a reporter pressed, “but she was convicted of child sex trafficking,” the president replied: “Yeah, I mean, I’m going to have to take a look at it. I’d have to ask DOJ.”
