# Senate unanimously passes resolution opposing pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell *Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/f99982f8 *Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/f99982f8.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1 Publisher: The Guardian · published 2026-07-29 · read 2026-09-12 Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/ghislaine-maxwell-pardon-senate-resolution?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other *A source is testimony, not proof. 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I would have to take a look.” - [In May 2026, Todd Blanche told lawmakers during a hearing that he would not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c5336d3f) > In May of this year Blanche told lawmakers during a hearing that he would not recommend a pardon for Maxwell. - [During the same hearing, Todd Blanche was questioned about the interview he conducted with Ghislaine Maxwell last summer and the fact that she was transferred…](https://truthscore.com/claim/9f7fc940) > During the same hearing, he was questioned about the interview he conducted with Maxwell last summer, as part of the justice department’s Epstein investigation, and the fact that shortly after she was transferred from a federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas – a move which experts described at the time as “unprecedented”. - [Todd Blanche denied that Donald Trump personally sent him to interview Ghislaine Maxwell and claimed he didn’t know whether Maxwell was receiving preferential…](https://truthscore.com/claim/954d1028) > Blanche denied that Trump personally sent him to interview Maxwell, and also claimed that he didn’t know whether Maxwell was receiving preferential treatment at her new facility. - [The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution declaring its opposition to any presidential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.](https://truthscore.com/claim/83352bf1) > The US Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution declaring its opposition to any presidential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes. - [An attorney who has represented numerous Epstein survivors told The Guardian that any talk of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for testimony turns…](https://truthscore.com/claim/47f291b2) > Earlier this year, in May, an attorney who has represented numerous Epstein survivors, told the Guardian that “any talk of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for testimony turns justice on its head – it risks rewarding the very person who helped enable the abuse”. ## Questions it bears on - [Should Ghislaine Maxwell receive a presidential pardon?](https://truthscore.com/question/57896c6a) ## What it cost Reading this document into the graph cost $0.02.