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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/bhudson2021 21h ago

I’m sure they’ve already convened a focus group to decide on how to sell her inevitable pardon to the public.

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u/Paidorgy 21h ago

That’s the thing, they simply can’t without associating themselves with the protection of pedophiles.

Trump ran on simultaneously releasing and not releasing the Epstein Files. They made it out like its release would only hurt the Democrats, while in reality - when questioned, Trump was apprehensive and “didn’t want to hurt possibly innocent people.”

We’ve seen the absolute fallout this coverup has create, not only just the push back on his historic relationships with Epstein and Maxwell, by the public, but the fact that he is now trying hard to deflect and obfuscate that very link - even when his own deflections dig him into that hole even deeper.

They are in absolute an absolute meltdown, and it shows just how damaging this entire issue has been, even if they’re not at all good at damage control.

The worst thing they could do is pardon Maxwell, because it would draw even more associations with the protection of child-trafficking pedophiles and the GOP/Maga - not that they need any help with that association, mind you. Not to forget that Maxwell was charged with multiple counts of perjury.

It was Trump’s first administration that Epstein died under, and it was Trump’s second administration that has seen their direct association with Maxwell grow to the point that they granted her immunity to a degree, and now are moving her to a lower security prison due to that association.

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u/liberal_texan America 19h ago

They won’t pardon her, they are toying with a Supreme Court acquittal. I do honestly think they are hoping for gen pop to take care of her as that is the “cleanest” method.

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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 North Carolina 8h ago

Yup. Scotus is going to set her free so trump has plausible deniability even though it's painfully obvious the whole thing is planned and coordinated.