WASHINGTON — President Trump stunned reporters Friday by offering them “a list” of Jeffrey Epstein associates and telling them he hasn’t thought about whether or not he will pardon the dead pedophile’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
Trump commented on the case as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed Maxwell for a second day — as the administration seeks to put to bed three straight weeks of renewed controversy over the late criminal.
“Focus on the former president of Harvard, some of the hedge fund guys, I’ll give you a list. These guys lived with Jeffrey,” the president said as he departed for a trip to Scotland.
Asked about whether he would pardon Maxwell, Trump said first that he “can’t talk about pardons” and then that “it’s something I haven’t thought about.”
Public interest in the case was revived this year by Attorney General Pam Bondi publicly teasing bombshells and even at one point appearing to indicate she had possession of a client list.
Prince Andrew, former President Bill Clinton, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates are among Epstein’s former friends, as is Trump, who reportedly had a falling out with the sex pervert in late 2004 due to competitive bidding on a Palm Beach mansion.
Trump has struggled to strongarm fellow Republicans, including members of Congress and grassroots allies, to move on from the matter after Bondi issued a memo saying there is no Epstein client list and that he died by suicide in jail on Aug. 10, 2019.
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