Donald Trump has said that pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is something he is “allowed to do”. Maxwell, the ex-girlfriend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, was interviewed by Trump administration officials in prison for the second day in a row on Friday.

Representative Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat, Tuesday on X: "DOJ plans to interview Ghislaine Maxwell. But why now? Ghislaine is looking for a pardon, and who would be better to give it to her than a co-conspirator now in the Oval Office. Any testimony she provides must be accompanied by the release of the files to corroborate it."

President Trump is struggling to escape the controversy around Jeffrey Epstein and convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, even when he’s abroad in the United Kingdom this weekend. WIRED Senior Writer Jake Lahut,

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said it was "not my lane" when he was asked if he supported President Donald Trump granting a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. During a Sunday interview on Meet the Press,

President Trump’s DOJ interviewed convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell for the second day in a row. MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton reports on the Epstein whirlwind around President Trump and is joined by former special agent Asha Rangappa and author Tara Setmayer.