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Spicer Warns Trump Against Maxwell Clemency, Foresees Bipartisan Outrage

He warns that advisers promising Maxwell will offer fresh testimony are misleading Trump in a rerun of the Comey fiasco.

From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Sean Spicer cautioned that anyone selling President Trump on a pardon or commutation for Ghislaine Maxwell is lying about its informational value.
  • He predicted outrage like never before that would transcend party lines if Trump granted clemency to the Epstein associate.
  • Spicer drew parallels to the false assurances given before the firing of James Comey that public reaction would be positive.
  • Maxwell is participating in limited-immunity interviews with the Justice Department as officials review her testimony for new Epstein-related leads.
  • Her Supreme Court appeal remains pending and the House Oversight Committee has scheduled her congressional deposition for later this month.