Trump on Maxwell pardon, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ deportation flights, water park death & more

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🗓️ 25 July 2025

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President Donald Trump didn’t rule out pardoning Jeffrey Epstein’s associate. Deportation flights from the makeshift immigration detention center in South Florida have begun. State and local vaccination programs are experiencing a funding shortfall. We’ll tell you about the latest deadly shooting on a US college campus. And, authorities are investigating a tragic incident at an amusement park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.3	Would you consider a pardon or a commutation for Helene Maxwell? It's something I haven't thought about.
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0:45.3	I'm allowed to do it, but it's something I have not thought about.
0:49.3	President Donald Trump tells CNN he hasn't thought about
0:52.3	pardoning Galane Maxwell or commuting her 20-year sentence in federal prison for carrying out a year's long scheme with Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls.
1:03.0	However, Trump didn't rule it out.
1:05.7	Maxwell met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in Florida on Thursday, and the two met again today.
1:11.6	Prior to the meeting, Maxwell's lawyer called his client a, quote, scapego to Epstein's sex trafficking crimes.
1:17.6	Afterwards, he said she answered questions about around 100 people and that she, quote,
1:23.6	didn't hold anything back.
1:25.6	Maxwell has continued to appeal her conviction.
1:28.7	Trump also says he didn't know about a letter bearing his name that the Wall Street Journal reported
1:33.2	was included in a book for Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003, that included an outline of a naked woman.
1:40.3	I don't even know what they're talking about.
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