Ghislaine Maxwell pressed ahead with an appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to overturn her conviction on the grounds that she was unlawfully prosecuted for sex trafficking minors with Jeffrey Epstein.

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  • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    They’re going to have the Supreme Court overturn her conviction so Trump doesn’t have to suffer the fallout from pardoning her himself…

    • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      This is almost worse for Trump. If the Supreme Court hears the case and clears her conviction, MAGA is going to raise a shitstorm. If they don’t clear it, then it at least kept the story in the news cycle when Trump wants the whole thing to disappear.

      The better outcome for Trump is that she takes the pardon in exchange for blaming all the Democrats. Trump gets to pretend he’s not involved, and witch hunting Democrats keeps MAGA happy.