A stunned White House correspondent froze as President Donald Trump teased a potential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell during a Truth Social rant on December 18, 2025—days before the Epstein files unsealing deadline—saying, “I could, but haven’t been asked yet.”
The post, amid escalating scrutiny from the December 12 estate photo release showing elites like Trump, Clinton, and Gates in Epstein’s orbit, read: “Ghislaine Maxwell—wrongly convicted witch hunt? I could pardon, but haven’t been asked yet. Fake News obsessed!” Trump praised her July 2025 DOJ interview denying a client list or blackmail, calling it “honest.”
The tease ignited fury. Survivors like Annie Farmer called it “a slap to victims”: “Maxwell groomed and trafficked us—pardon her while Virginia’s memoir Nobody’s Girl exposes the horrors?” Giuffre’s family condemned it as “elite impunity,” her book naming Maxwell as chief enabler.
Bondi’s office distanced: “No pardon request received.” Democrats demanded impeachment threats; Republicans split—some praising “fairness,” others silent. With December 19’s file deadline looming (no bombshells delivered), Trump’s words—casual, provocative—fueled 4.2 million X posts under #TrumpMaxwellPardon (78% outraged).
As disclosures concluded without revelations, the tease—raw, unfiltered—underscored power’s casual defiance: justice teased, survivors reeling.
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