"Not my decision, but I have great pause about that as any reasonable person would," Johnson said on NBC's Meet the Press.

She was central to helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls. But convicted sex offender Maxwell may not be the silver bullet the Trump administration needs.

"I'm allowed to give her a pardon but nobody's approached me with it," Trump said. "It's in the news…but right now it would be inappropriate to talk about it."

U.S. officials interviewed convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell while her legal team awaits a Supreme Court decision on her 20-year prison sentence appeal.

Ghislaine Maxwell met with a top official in the Department of Justice for a second day on Friday — and reportedly answered questions about dozens of people's connections to her late confidante, billionaire child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) weighed in on talk of a possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the 20-year sentence she received for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors

The comment came after Trump was asked if he was considering pardoning the convicted sex trafficking associate of Jeffrey Epstein