"Justice demands courage," Blanche wrote in his announcement on X, adding, "I intend to meet with [Maxwell] soon. No one is above the law — and no lead is off-limits."
This move may have been intended to quell the rising anger from Trump's own base that the DOJ has been unable to deliver on their promise of turning over all files on the Epstein case, including the rumored "client list" of wealthy and powerful people who indulged in Epstein's dark acts with him — which has no evidence of existing and which the DOJ has stated does not exist, but which has persisted in the narrative of conspiracy theorists on both the left and right for years.
But the timing of the announcement, coupled with longstanding knowledge that Trump himself used to be friends with Epstein, has spurred a more sinister theory from some political and legal observers on social media: that administration officials are moving to secure Maxwell's silence, or maybe even offer her a presidential pardon, something Trump biographer Michael Wolff alleged he has considered in the past.
Okay, the game plan looks to be pretty simple now. Pam and he buddy are meeting with Maxwell to see if they can make a deal, buying her silence on trump, by dangling a pardon within her reach> Will it make the MAGA base happy? I am not sure. But it is witness tampering 101. I can hear the conversation now:
Pam: "You don't remember the president being with Jeffrey do you?" (wink)
Maxwell: "No, I cannot remember EVER seeing him alone with Jeffrey."(wink)
Pam: "Are you willing to testify to Congress under oath to that fact?" (wink, nod)
Maxwell: "Of course I will! (smile, chuckle)
Pam: "PARDON me. I need to get back to my office."
And everyone laughed.