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The United States Senate Rejects the Idea of a Maxwell Pardon (7/30/26)
The Senate unanimously adopted a nonbinding resolution opposing any presidential pardon, commutation or other form of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate who is serving a 20-year federal sentence following her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking-related charges. Introduced by Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, the measure passed by unanimous consent without objection, signaling that senators from both parties wanted to publicly distance themselves from any attempt to reduce Maxwell’s punishment. Rosen argued that even entertaining clemency for a convicted…
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