Liz Oyer – who was the pardon attorney at the Department of Justice (DOJ) during former President Joe Biden's administration — is arguing that all the signs are there that President Donald Trump may be about to pardon convicted child predator Ghislaine Maxwell.
During a Tuesday interview with former CNN host Jim Acosta on his Substack show, Oyer said that the Trump DOJ appeared to be "on track for a resolution that's not going to make anyone happy." According to Oyer, one main indicator of a potential pardon in the works is that Maxwell — who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for exploiting young girls on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein — is that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (Trump's former personal criminal defense attorney) personally conducted two days of interviews with Maxwell and her attorney last week.
"Todd Blanche is the #2 official in the Justice Department, he's considered the COO, or chief operations officer of the DOJ," Oyer said. "He's considered so important that he has his own Secret Service detail."
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Oyer also observed that Blanche is friends with David Oscar Markus, who is Maxwell's attorney. She also opined that "the timing seems too coincidental" given that Blanche's personal involvement in the interviews with Maxwell and his friend took place as Trump is reeling from weeks of scrutiny into his handling of the Epstein controversy. Oyer further said a pardon appears likely given that the Trump DOJ recently fired Maurene Comey, who prosecuted both Epstein and Maxwell.
"It doesn't make any sense that they fired the lead prosecutor on the case ... unless they wanted her out of the way so they could cut a deal," she said.
The former DOJ pardon attorney also noted that Epstein and Maxwell's "victims don't appear to have any role in anything that's going on," which would be a violation of federal law. She pointed to a statute that said victims have the right to be informed of any potential parole or clemency actions (like a presidential pardon) and said that not consulting with victims first was "an absolutely necessary process if you were going to do it by the books." However, she lamented that "there is nothing by the books here."
"The victims were under the impression it was settled," she said. "She's been tried and convicted and sentenced."
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