WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Oct. 6 declined to decide whether Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell was wrongly prosecuted for sex trafficking, avoiding a politically sensitive issue that has bedeviled President Donald Trump.
The justices rejected an appeal from Maxwell, who argued that a deal Epstein struck with federal prosecutors in Florida should have prevented her from being charged in New York.
Hours later, President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he would talk to the Justice Department about a potential pardon for Maxwell.
“I’ll take a look at it,” said Trump, who added that he hadn’t heard her name in a while. “I will speak to the DOJ."
Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence after her 2021 conviction for trafficking a minor to engage in sex acts with Epstein.
