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Leaked Document Reveals Maxwell Escalating Trump Pardon Effort

Leaked Document Reveals Maxwell Escalating Trump Pardon Effort

A new document obtained by House Judiciary Committee Democrats shows that Ghislaine Maxwell, serving 20 years in a country club prison, is preparing to ask President Donald Trump to commute her sentence, Politico reports.

According to Politico, Maxwell wrote a message to her lawyer Leah Saffian, "provided to Judiciary Democrats by an unidentified whistleblower, that she would send [commutation] application materials through the warden."“I am struggling to keep it all together as it is big and there are so many attachments,” Maxwell wrote in the message with the subject line “RE: Commutation Application.”

"“More coming to replace others..hopefully it will all make sense," Maxwell wrote.

While the Supreme Court rejected hearing Maxwell's conviction appeal, Trump has not officially ruled out a pardon for Maxwell.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the House Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, sent a six-page letter to Trump Sunday, demanding answers to questions about her cushy prison digs after she was moved from a low-security Florida prison to a much lower one in Texas following a day-long meeting with Trump Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche.

The letter, a follow-up to a 12-page letter Rep. Raskin sent to Trump in August, demanded that Blanche testify before the Judiciary Committee immediately to "answer for this corrupt misuse of law enforcement resources and potential exchange of favors for false testimony exonerating you and other Epstein accomplices," according to ABC News.

"You should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender,” Raskin wrote to Trump. “Your Administration should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment or institutional privilege at all.”

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'No Coming Back': Loyalist Loomer Sternly Warns Trump Against Maxwell Pardon

Far-right conspiracy theorist and self-described "proud Islamophobe" Laura Loomer often attacks fellow MAGA Republicans for not being pro-Donald Trump enough. Loomer considers herself Trump's "loyalty enforcer," even attacking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) — who is way to the right — and accusing her of being impure in her devotion to Trump and the MAGA agenda.

But now, Loomer is voicing some criticism of Trump in response to comments he made during a White House press conference on Monday, October 6.

When CNN's Kaitlin Collins asked Trump if he would consider a federal pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell — who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in the late Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes — the president said he would "have to look at it" and added, "I haven't heard the name in so long."

In an October 6 post on X, formerly Twitter, Loomer wrote, "I strongly advise AGAINST anyone lobbying the Trump admin and the DOJ to Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell. Do not do it. I repeat. Do not do it. There will be no coming back from that. I repeat again. For the love of God. Do Not Do It @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @PamBondi."

Loomer's tweet is receiving a lot of reactions on X.

Olga Lautman, a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), tweeted, "Would think you would be demanding the release of the files."

Self-described "constitutional conservative" Kelly McCarty wrote, "Why wouldn’t Trump's first instinct be to say there’s absolutely no chance of a pardon from him?"

X user Laura Johnson posted, "It would be a huge stain on this POTUS. Same for Sean Combs. Don't do it. Both of these criminals have abused women. We need the female vote. Keep that mind!"

Reprinted with permission from Alternet

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