House Democrat: 'Outrageous' for Trump to even consider Maxwell pardon
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) slammed President Trump for signaling Monday that he could “take a look” at issuing a pardon for convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.
“I just want to add just how outrageous it was for Donald Trump, in today’s White House interview that he had with the press, to even, somehow, lean into the idea of a pardon for a convicted sexual trafficker who herself abused girls, walked them to Jeffrey Epstein's home where they continued to get more abuse,” Garcia told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell.
"And I’ve heard from numerous survivors of both Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who are just outraged at the treatment she is getting by the [Justice Department] and by being moved to that facility that she’s currently in," he added, referring to Maxwell's move to a © The Hill
