Is Trump Considering PARDONS for Sex Offenders?
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🗓️ 7 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. It's Tim Miller from the bulwark with managing editor Sam Stein, Vial and Repugnant here again, together with you. Is it going to be a thing? I don't think so. No, I don't know. I'm kind of into it today. We can make the tease, Violin repugnant with our little faces. That's good. Good merch. Yeah, that could be a good merch on it. I don't know. Who would wear that, though, I think would be the problem. |
| 0:23.6 | My wife. |
| 0:23.9 | I would imagine. Your wife? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, not going to do any follow-ups there. We are, we're taking this video after hours. I'm sure she's thrilled. Let's get to the news. Donald Trump was asked in the Oval Office, a beautiful gold Oval Office. |
| 0:39.1 | Quite beautiful. I just redecorated. |
| 0:42.7 | Hey, you're a fan of it. |
| 0:44.4 | I know. I love Brothel Sheek, you know, better than Protestant drab. |
| 0:50.8 | And he was asked about Jelaine Maxwell. |
| 0:55.8 | You all know Jolene Maxwell. |
| 0:57.5 | Everyone knows Jolene Maxwell. |
| 0:59.1 | Donald Trump was pictured more times of Jeline Maxwell than I've been pictured with some of my aunts. |
| 1:03.5 | And he was asked about how she had another appeal that was rejected and whether he would consider a pardon. |
| 1:10.4 | And his response was |
| 1:11.5 | pretty noteworthy. I guess I want to watch it. But Sam, do you want to point people to anything to look |
| 1:15.3 | for in particular? It was like three things in the response that are worth pointing out. Let's just |
| 1:19.4 | watch it first. Let's just watch. The Supreme Court is back. And they rejected today at an appeal |
| 1:25.3 | by Elaine Maxwell to overturn her conviction. That means her only chance at getting out of prison is a pardon from you. Is that something you're open to doing? Who are we talking about? You know, I haven't heard the name in so long. I can say this, that I'd have to take a look at it. I would have to take a look. Did they reject that? She wanted to appeal her |
| 1:44.6 | conviction and what happened I said that they were not going to hear her appeal I see well I'll |
| 1:48.7 | take a look at it I'll speak to I will speak to the D a J I wouldn't consider it or not |
| 1:53.2 | consider I don't know anything about it so but I'll speak I will speak to the D a |
| 1:56.8 | DioJ I don't know I mean I'd have to speak to the DOJ I'll look at it I'll I have a lot |
| 2:04.1 | of people have asked me at DOJ. Why would she be a candidate of the clumsy, sir? I don't know. I mean, I'd have to speak to the DOJ. |
| 2:01.5 | I'll look at it. |
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