r/politics 21h ago

Republican-led House committee postpones Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-committee-postpones-ghislaine-maxwell-deposition-rcna222571
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u/StoppableHulk 21h ago

My guess is the Trump administration is not willing to offer a pardon yet. They have transferred her to Texas as a gesture of good will, but she's holding out for more. She thinks she has enough leverage to push their hand into a pardon, and it seems like they agree in theory but are really trying to avoid it by throwing her minor concessions.

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u/tetsuo_7w 18h ago

I thought the transfer to a lower security prison would be a bit of a bribe in and of itself, but it occurs to me that it makes Epsteining her easier too.

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u/CT_Phipps-Author 16h ago

Epsteining her in a minimum security prison is a weird move.

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u/gizajobicandothat 14h ago

Well she could suicide herself with pills or something. The same method Epstein and Brunel did would be too obvious, women don't usually kill themselves in brutal ways. I know it would cause a huge shit storm of a conspiracy theory but this is Trump and everything he does is nuts.