Trump Demurs on Pardons for Maxwell, Combs, Santos

President Donald Trump demurred on whether he would pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and former Republican Rep. George Santos, telling Newsmax he’s been asked to pardon only one of them to date.

In a wide-ranging and exclusive interview with “Finnerty” host Rob Finnerty at the White House on Friday, Trump said he has the power to pardon but was noncommittal about whether he would.

On Maxwell, serving 20 years for trafficking minors to her longtime associate and former financier boyfriend, the late Jeffrey Epstein, Trump said, “Nobody’s asked me to do it.

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