Trump Pals Spin Ghislaine Maxwell as ‘Victim’ in Batshittiest Epstein Twist Yet
The collective whiplash among journalists and court watchers this week is understandable. After years of deflecting, dismissing, and denying any connection to the sex trafficking scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump’s orbit is now testing a jaw-dropping pivot: Ghislaine Maxwell as victim.
On Friday night, CNN’s Maggie Haberman revealed something both stunning and depressingly familiar: that people close to Trump are floating the idea that Maxwell — currently serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring to sexually abuse underage girls — might be a victim of Epstein, and more cynically, of political enemies. Meanwhile, Newsmax’s Greg Kelly — a longtime Trump loyalist and right-wing media mouthpiece — is now openly floating that Maxwell, like Trump, was “set up.”
This, of course, comes just days after reports that Maxwell held two off-the-books meetings with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche — yes, the same Todd Blanche who served as Trump’s defense attorney in multiple criminal cases. Suddenly, the Department of Justice, under the thumb of a Trump-aligned leadership, is reportedly offered a proffer deal — a form of immunity — in exchange for Maxwell’s cooperation in the still-smoldering Epstein scandal.
So let’s pause for a reality check.
Ghislaine Maxwell is not a victim. She was convicted by a jury of her peers. She was found guilty on five counts, including sex trafficking of a minor, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts. The sentencing judge called her crimes “heinous and predatory.”
The idea that she was merely manipulated by Epstein — who died under suspicious circumstances in federal custody in 2019 — is not just revisionist, it’s grotesque. Maxwell wasn’t some clueless socialite; she was his chief recruiter, a key player in a global trafficking ring that destroyed countless lives. To reframe her as a pawn now, simply because it may serve Donald Trump’s legal or political ambitions, is both offensive and dangerous.
And yet here we are.
Why this sudden reversal? Simple: panic. The Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein Files — particularly the recent declassification dump — has been widely mocked as a debacle. Initial declarations of “case closed” have quickly devolved into chaos, with the DOJ backpedaling and offering deals to the very people it once labeled predators.
Even within MAGA World, cracks are forming. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, hardly a paragon of law-and-order consistency, said flatly this week that Maxwell “can’t be trusted.” And she’s right — albeit for the wrong reasons. Maxwell’s potential deal with Trump’s DOJ presents a terrifying scenario: she flips, names a slew of Trump’s political rivals (mostly Democrats, conveniently), while exonerating Trump himself, despite boatloads of photographic evidence and first-person accounts of his deep, decades-long friendship with Epstein.
Trump, of course, insists he “never liked” Epstein, a claim that has become harder to swallow with each resurfaced image of the two partying together in Palm Beach or at Mar-a-Lago. The record — both photographic and testimonial — says otherwise. He was a frequent companion, and even once said Epstein “likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
If you’re keeping score at home: a convicted sex trafficker may soon receive DOJ immunity brokered by a Trump ally, in exchange for testimony that conveniently exonerates Trump and implicates Democrats — all while Trumpworld tries to paint her as the real victim.
It’s absurd. It’s grotesque. And if this were happening in another country, we’d call it what it is: corruption in broad daylight.
Ghislaine Maxwell doesn’t deserve our sympathy. She deserves to serve every day of her sentence. And the idea that Trump’s people are preparing to weaponize her testimony — while pretending he never knew Epstein — should send a chill down the spine of anyone who still believes in justice.
This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.
