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In reply to the discussion: Rep Swalwell tweets that Trump just "dangled" a pardon for sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell [View all]localroger
(3,626 posts)12. Well it's a little more complicated for Ghislaine
If he pardons her she has to admit guilt and loses the right to plead the 5th, so the investigators can then ask her about anything and anybody under oath and if she fails to answer or lies, it's another felony. He can't commute her sentence until there is a trial and a sentence to commute, which first means Ghislaine will be in jail for a year waiting it out. She might be more inclined to cut a deal with the prosecutor than to wait that out. Roger had a lot invested in keeping quiet, but Ghislaine doesn't and she will have lots of opportunities to tune up and sing before Trump can do what he did for Roger.
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Rep Swalwell tweets that Trump just "dangled" a pardon for sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell [View all]
Mrs. Overall
Jul 2020
OP
K&R, Trump sends well wishes for sex traffickers but no sympathy for America during the plague
uponit7771
Jul 2020
#3
A man who lusts after his daughter didn't start with her and won't end with her...
Hekate
Jul 2020
#17
Tell that to Roger Stone. He will see no consequences as long as Trump is in office.
Blue_true
Jul 2020
#28
Trump will find some way to pardon her. Rule of Law means nothing to him, and if you still
Blue_true
Jul 2020
#37
Q'Anon and fuckheads like James Woods are going to have a hard time spinning this one.
John Fante
Jul 2020
#7
He'd have to combine a pardon with some plan to whisk her out of the country.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jul 2020
#26
You may be right. It is just that Trump has zero respect for the rule of law and precedents. nt
Blue_true
Jul 2020
#41
"If you don't say anything, I'll take care of you. Otherwise, if you do, I'll have you killed."
Efilroft Sul
Jul 2020
#13
Can't kill her. She has thumb drives of Epstein's blackmail material to be released if she's killed.
tableturner
Jul 2020
#32