James Comer Has Advice for Trump on How to Handle Epstein-Linked Pardons

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer said Tuesday that he would “strongly discourage” President Donald Trump from considering any form of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Supreme Court on Monday denied Maxwell’s appeal to overturn her sex trafficking convictions, rejecting her argument that Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 non-prosecution agreement should have shielded her from prosecution. Appearing on “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” Comer said that pardoning Maxwell would be a grave misstep.

“I do not think he should. I’ve been very vocal about that. I’ve seen enough information thus far from the thousands of pages of documents that the Department of Justice has turned over, in addition to the documents that we subpoenaed from the estate,” Comer said. “In addition to conversations that I’ve had with some of the victims of Epstein and Maxwell that, I can say with confidence, I would strongly discourage any type of pardon or commutation of Maxwell.”

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