President Donald Trump has a lot of things on his mind — but pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is not one of them.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday that a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein’s girlfriend is not a “priority,” per Newsmax.
Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right during a House Oversight Committee deposition this week.
“This is not something I’ve discussed recently with the president because, frankly, it’s not a priority,” Leavitt said.
“He’s focused on many of the issues that the American people are dealing with and providing solutions to those issues,” she added.
Leavitt said the last time she spoke with Trump about the matter, he made clear that granting clemency was “not something he’s considering or thinking about.
Maxwell, a longtime associate of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has indicated she would testify under oath if she were granted criminal immunity.
Otherwise, she will continue to assert her constitutional right against self-incrimination.
Trump previously declined to rule out the possibility of clemency. He told reporters in October that he would “have to take a look at it.”
On Monday, Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, argued that she is able to provide answers, adding, “only she can provide the complete account.”
“She must remain silent because Ms. Maxwell has a habeas petition currently pending that demonstrates that her conviction rests on a fundamentally unfair trial,” the attorney wrote in a statement to the committee he posted on X.
“If this Committee and the American public truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened, there is a straightforward path,” Markus said.
“Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump.”
