US Senate puts brakes on pardon for Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

The US Senate has unanimously passed a resolution opposing any sentence reduction, including a presidential pardon, for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

According to reports in the US press, the resolution introduced by Democratic Senatör Jacky Rosen was passed in the Senate without objection. However, the resolution is not legally binding.

In her speech in the Senate, Rosen stated that the resolution aims to prevent the possibility of Todd Blanche, whom US President Donald Trump nominated for the position of Attorney General, granting a pardon to Maxwell in exchange for a statement that would clear Trump's name. Rosen described the mere consideration of a pardon as "horrifying."

Although the decision is not binding, it is considered to carry a political message by demonstrating the unified stance of both Republican and Democratic senators against granting a pardon to Maxwell. It was noted that Maxwell is being held in a federal prison in Texas.

Maxwell, who denies the charges against her, had previously argued that she was "wrongfully convicted" and had made attempts to have her conviction overturned.

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, New York, on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on charges of sexually abusing girls under the age of 18 and creating a sex trafficking network.

The names of well-known figures such as former Prince Andrew, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Ehud Barak, Al Gore, Kevin Spacey, Michael Jackson, David Copperfield, Alan Dershowitz, and Bill Richardson appeared in the released case files.

The FBI and the US Department of Justice announced that, following their investigation, they found no evidence of a "client list" consisting of famous names and concluded that Epstein had committed suicide in his cell.

News Source: 12punto