Posted on 04/23/2026 9:46:15 AM PDT by know.your.why
Members on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are divided over whether President Donald Trump should pardon Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for her cooperation in the panel’s Epstein investigation, Chair James Comer said in an interview Wednesday.
Maxwell, who was deposed by the Oversight Committee as the sole convicted accomplice in the Epstein sex trafficking scheme, previously invoked her Fifth Amendment right in declining to answer the panel’s questions. Her lawyer has said that she would only speak if granted clemency — a power available solely to Trump, who has not ruled out the prospect of a pardon.
When asked whether he believed it was a favorable deal to issue a pardon in return for Maxwell’s testimony, Comer said, “A lot of people do.”
“My committee’s split on that,” he added, declining to name who on the panel supported granting a pardon. “I don’t speak for my committee.”
Comer himself wasn’t in favor.
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Would you believe a liar?
“Would you believe a liar?”
Depends on whether the lie gains something for someone. A lie about this gains nothing for her. She is past any serious public persona and doesn’t need a reputation. She works as an educator at Columbia University (go figure) and is chairman of Onward Together, a 501(c)(4) political action organization she founded in 2017 to fundraise for and support progressive, left-of-center activist groups and candidates. Her ugly face is not really public doing this. Just as well. It’s probably the evolution the old Clinton Foundation.
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