House Speaker Mike Johnson said he believes Maxwell should serve more time but that any decision on a pardon for the longtime Epstein associate belongs with the president.

The House speaker said in an interview with "Meet the Press" he would have "great pause" about any commutation for the former Jeffrey Epstein associate.

U.S. officials interviewed convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell while her legal team awaits a Supreme Court decision on her 20-year prison sentence appeal.

The justices, now on their summer recess, are expected in late September to consider whether to take up her appeal.

The intensifying focus on Ghislaine Maxwell represents the latest turn in a winding case that has long been a focus of conspiracy theorists.

Elon Musk has weighed in on the possibility of President Donald Trump issuing a pardon to Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Tara Palmeri also described a disturbing song Ghislaine Maxwell commissioned to be sung at a “depraved” birthday party for Epstein.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell as the Justice Department seeks the release of grand jury transcripts from the case against the late financier and convicted sex offender.