Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to provide exonerating information in exchange for a pardon
Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has offered to provide information reportedly exonerating US President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton in exchange for a grant of clemency.
The ex-girlfriend of the convicted pedophile is currently serving 20 years in jail for multiple offenses, including child sex trafficking. Maxwell has come under new scrutiny as lawmakers try to investigate how Epstein, a well-connected financier, was able to sexually abuse underage girls for years.
Both Trump and Clinton are pictured and mentioned in the Epstein files, but they deny any wrongdoing.
Maxwell refused to answer questions before the US House Oversight Committee on Monday. During a virtual appearance from prison in Texas, she invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, stated that she would provide testimony if granted clemency.
”Both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing. Ms. Maxwell alone can explain why,” the attorney wrote on X.
Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are set to sit for depositions later this month.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer discouraged the president from granting clemency to Maxwell.
Maxwell is the only person convicted of crimes related to Epstein, despite numerous high-profile figures from politics and finance having been implicated in the scandal.
Critics have suggested she received favorable treatment when she was transferred to a different federal prison after a 2025 interview with the deputy attorney general, alleging she may have been in line for a potential pardon.
The White House has denied clemency is under consideration. When asked about a potential pardon in November, Trump suggested he had not thought about it.
Members of Congress began reviewing unredacted versions of the Epstein files on Monday. Following the review, Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna stated they had found at least six names inappropriately redacted from the public versions, suggesting they might reveal the names from the House floor.
The latest batch of documents released by the DOJ from the Epstein Estate has triggered political fallout in several countries, including the UK, where Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to resign due to his appointment of former UK envoy Peter Mandelson, who had links to Epstein.
