Ghislaine Maxwell is considering pursuing a presidential pardon from her old friend US President Donald Trump, a prison source has claimed.
In 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for trafficking underage girls for paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Last year, the disgraced British socialite attempted to appeal the sex abuse conviction arguing she was covered by a previous deal struck up with prosecutors.
But her arguments were later dismissed by three judges, who concluded the deal was only bound to prosecutors in southern Florida.
They also threw out Maxwell’s accusations that she had an unfair trial because a juror hadn’t revealed they had been sexually abused as a child.
Now friends of convicted sex offender believe Maxwell could be set free thanks to Epstein’s friendship with Trump.
A fellow prisoner at the security prison in Tallahassee, Florida initially suggested the idea, but it has since been welcomed by friends and family, The Mirror reported.
Noting the several pardons the US President has issued in recent weeks, the prison source added: ‘They all know how close she once was to him. She tells people often enough.
‘But what started out as a tongue-in-cheek comment has gained momentum, and now friends on the outside are asking what has she to lose.
Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, on February 12, 2000
Now friends of convicted sex offender believe Maxwell could be set free thanks to Epstein’s friendship with Trump
The US President previously denied he was ever friends with paedophile Epstein, but footage emerged shortly after showing the two at a private party in 1992
‘She has maintained loyalty to Trump not telling anyone about his friendship with her and Jeffrey. And we all know how he rewards people who are loyal to him.’
Sources have alleged Trump very aware of the supposed information the shamed socialite has about him.
Ghislaine was arrested during Trump’s first term as president, however her conviction came later while Joe Biden was at the helm of the US.
Despite previously denying he was ever friends with paedophile Epstein, footage later emerged showing the pair at a private party in 1992.
In 2020, producers at Morning Joe unearthed the video, which shows that Epstein was a guest of Trump’s at Mar-a-Lago in November of that year.
The footage showed the current US President surrounded by a group of models and cheerleaders.
In one video, the women described in court documents as Epstein’s pimp can be seen dancing behind Epstein and Trump.
‘Look at her back there, she’s hot,’ Trump tells Epstein in one clip.
Predator Epstein briefly feigns interest in the ‘hot woman,’ and soon after is seen doubling over with laughter when Trump whispers something in his ear.
In 2020. producers at Morning Joe unearthed the video, which showed that Epstein was a guest of Trump’s at Mar-a-Lago in November 1992
Pictured left to right: Trump and Epstein at Mar-a-Lago in 1997 and at a 1992 party
Trump and Maxwell at the Gucci Envy Perfume Launch Benefit For Cancer Patients in New York City in 1997
President Trump insisted he wasn’t friends with Epstein after the financier was arrested for sex trafficking in July 2019, before his suicide a month later.
‘I had a falling out with him a long time ago. I wasn’t a fan. I was not a fan of his. That I can tell you,’ Trump said.
But Trump’s interest was piqued when n a New York Post article was published in July 2020 which said Maxwell would ‘name names’ to save herself.
A former business associate of Epstein’s claimed in the report: ‘Ghislaine thought she was untouchable – that she’d be protected by the intelligence communities she and Jeffrey helped with information’.
The alleged intelligence communities, who the friend dubbed to be ‘well-known acquaintances’ of Maxwell and Epstein, included Israeli intelligence services, Les Wexner, Prince Andrew, President Clinton and President Trump.
According to ‘Confidence Man’, written by New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman, Trump was nervous that he could be swept up in the investigation at the time.
According to Haberman, Trump was sitting in the Oval Office with his top advisers and said: ‘You see that article in the Post today that mentioned me?’
The footage uncovered by producers at Morning Joe, also showed Trump dancing with young models (above)
Trump posed up with the ladies in the footage, which he acknowledged is being filmed by NBC at one point
The aides sat in ‘silence’ while Trump continued: ‘She [Maxwell] say anything about me?’
After Maxwell was denied bail for her crimes in July 2020, Trump said he ‘wishe[d] her well’ when asked by a reporter whether he thought she would turn in the names of powerful people.
‘I just wish her well frankly,’ he said.
‘I’ve met her numerous times over the years especially since I lived in Palm Beach and I guess they lived in Palm Beach.’
The US president continued to repeat is well-wishes, adding that he didn’t know about the ‘situation’ with Prince Andrew at the time.
‘But I wish her well whatever it is,’ he said. ‘I don’t know the situation with Prince Andrew. I don’t know, I’m just not aware of it,’ he said in 2020.
President Trump has denied any wrongdoing or inappropriate behaviour or involvement with Jeffrey Epstein several times over the years.
