<h2 class="topline-heading">Topline</h2><p>President Donald Trump said he would “have to take a look” and speak to the Department of Justice before commenting on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, hours after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/10/06/ghislaine-maxwells-conviction-stands-as-supreme-court-rejects-case/" target="_self" class="color-link" title="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/10/06/ghislaine-maxwells-conviction-stands-as-supreme-court-rejects-case/" data-ga-track="InternalLink:https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/10/06/ghislaine-maxwells-conviction-stands-as-supreme-court-rejects-case/" aria-label="declined to hear">declined to hear</a> an appeal of her conviction.</p><figure class="embed-base image-embed embed-0" role="presentation"><div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/68e44108c8e8a98da2768a18/President-Trump-Speaks-In-The-Oval-Office/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=2863&amp;cropY1=24&amp;cropY2=1635" alt="President Trump Speaks In The Oval Office" width="100%" height="auto"></div><div style="--article-bg-color:#faf3f1"><div class="bMqrj"><div class="Jp--BF7-"><span style="-webkit-line-clamp:2" class="Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM">Trump made the comments hours after the Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell's appeal.</span></div><small class="pGGCM2aD">Getty Images</small></div></div></figure>

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Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.{ai:summary}<p>Trump said he would “have to take a look” and speak with the DOJ before commenting on a potential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein associate serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.</p><p>The remarks came hours after the Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell’s appeal. #politics</p>

Trump Will ‘Take A Look’ At Maxwell Case After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal

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