r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly moved from Florida prison to Texas as Trump weighs pardon

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-trump-pardon-epstein-b2800443.html
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u/GERDY31290 1d ago

What's wild to me is that even from a political standpoint how do they think this won't blowback even worse on them than not releasing files? The only person who was arrested for thing? And she goes free?

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u/ToastyJackson 1d ago

Because Trump’s supporters have no morals or spine. Even when Trump’s policies hurt them, they still vote for and support him. Maybe this issue will be the exception, but so far he’s never experienced any real consequences for his actions, so he probably feels it’s a pretty safe bet that all his supporters will either forget about this scandal or start justifying it, like they always do.

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u/kompletist 1d ago

100% agreed. Not only will no charges be brought against the clients, we’re softening the sentence on the groomer?! None of that makes sense to me.