President Johnson rejects Maxwell Sorry, says that she deserves life sentence

Chamber Mike Johnson, R-La., said on Sunday that Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, deserves a perpetuity imprisonment, rejecting the idea of potential forgiveness for the condemned sexual trafficker.

In an appearance in NBC’s “Meet The Press”, Johnson was invited to support a forgiveness for Maxwell, but the speaker stressed that the decision finally belongs to President Donald Trump.

“I think 20 years old was a bite of bread,” said Johnson about Maxwell’s time behind bars. “I think she should have a life imprisonment, at least. I mean, think of all these unspeakable crimes.”

“I mean that it is difficult to say how bad it was and that it orchestrated it and was a large part of it, at least under the criminal sanction, I think it is an unforgivable thing,” added Johnson, recognizing that federal prosecutors identified more than 1000 victims, many of whom were minors. “So again, not my decision, but I have a big break on this subject like any reasonable person.”

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The president of the room, Mike Johnson, r-la., Is addressed to the members of the media outside the room of the room of the American Capitol on July 23, 2025, in Washington, DC (Images Andrew Harnik / Getty)

Friday, while leaving the White House on the way to Scotland, Trump was invited to consider a forgiveness or a leniency for Maxwell. The president left the door open, answer: “I am allowed to do it, but it is something that I have not thought of.”

Johnson said he was supporting the position of the President, the FBI and the Ministry of Justice according to which “all credible evidence and information” are published, but underlined the need for guarantees to protect the identities of the victims. As for Maxwell, she was questioned by the deputy prosecutor Todd Blanche in the Federal Tallahassee prison in Florida, for two consecutive days last week. Her lawyer told journalists that she had answered questions on approximately 100 potential Epstein partners while she angles for leniency.

“This is a decision of the president,” said Johnson about Maxwell’s potential forgiveness. “He said that he had not considerably considered this. I will not go before him. It is not my way. My way is to help direct and control the House of Representatives and to use all the tools of our arsenal to achieve the truth. I will say that as clearly and clearly as the Americans. I am for information. Capable of determining what they will do.

The acting American lawyer for the South District of New York underlines a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a press conference on July 2, 2020. (AP photo / John Minchillo, file)

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Johnson criticized a petition for the publication of all Epstein files presented by representatives Thomas Massie, RW.VA., and Ro Khanna, D-Penn., As “reckless” and badly written, arguing that he has ignored the federal rules protecting the materials of the Grand Jury and would demand that the Doj and the FBI do not disclose the field Lie and rumors and did not make credibility to be false, based on procedures sites. “”

The speaker said that the petition also lacked guarantees for minor victims who have been victims of “unspeakable crimes, abject of evil” and who may be “unmasked”. Johnson said that Massie and Khanna “quote that they do not want children’s abuse, information on the sexual abuse discovered, but they cite the poor disposition of the federal code, and this therefore makes it impracticable”. The president argued that the Republicans in the Rules of the Chamber Rules committed themselves to a better written approach which will protect the innocent.

Representative Thomas Massie, r-ky., Arrives from the Caucus meeting of the Chamber Republican Conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, included via Getty Images)

Asked about a potential forgiveness for Maxwell, Massie told NBC Kristen Welker earlier in the program he “would depend to the president, but if she had information that could help us, I think she should testify.”

“Let’s do this, and whatever they have to do to force this testimony, as long as it is true, I would be in favor,” said Massie.

Khanna said he didn’t believe Maxwell’s sentence should be commissioned and that he feared that Blanche would meet her. He said he agreed with Massie that Maxwell should testify, but noted that she had been charged twice for perjury.

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“This is why we need the files. This is why we need independent evidence,” said Khanna.