Hey, if you were president would you pardon a person convicted of child sex trafficking? Most people would say no. And they’d probably answer even faster if their friendship with said sex trafficker was at the center of one of the biggest scandals of their presidency.

Donald Trump went with a different tactic on Monday. During an Oval Office press conference, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked the president if he’d consider pardoning Ghislane Maxwell , now that the Supreme Court has declined to review the 2021 conviction of Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice.

“I haven’t heard the name in so long,” he said. “I can say this, I’d have to take a look at it.”

Trump suggested he was totally ignorant of Maxwell’s appeal, asking Collins for details. “Well, I’ll take a look at it,” he repeated. “I will sp

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