DOJ Won’t Recommend Pardon of Epstein Accomplice Maxwell, Blanche Says

The acting attorney general appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference about the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, at the Justice Department in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not recommend a pardon for convicted Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison term for her part in a sex trafficking scheme that prosecutors say involved Epstein, who died in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.