In Reply to: I'd alter the question slightly by making it 16 months from posted by azbruin on August 03, 2025 at 13:33:10
I'd bet the pardon comes before the midterms.
The deplorables care a lot about this and I doubt they let go. tRump will be thinking that he needs a subservient republican congress, and he has a better shot at keeping that in the midterms if he neutralizes the Epstein issue. The best way to do that in his corrupt mind? Pardon Maxwell and make a big show of some made-for-TV pablum with her on Fox crying that tRumP wAs NeVeR iN tHe EpSteIn FiLeS and He WAs nEVeR oN tHE iSLanD!!!!!!
Naturally, he'd prefer to kill her, but the deplorables would be more likely to question that than the fake made for TV "clearing".