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Internal DOJ/prosecution team emails from November 30, 2020 discussing reports of 'serious rumblings' from the White House about a potential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell during Trump's final weeks in office.
This document captures urgent internal communications among what appears to be federal prosecutors on November 30, 2020, reacting to a tip from NBC reporter Tom Winter about potential pardon discussions for Ghislaine Maxwell at the White House. The emails show the prosecution team quickly convening a conference call to assess the threat to their case. One attorney notes that Winter had accurately predicted the Michael Flynn pardon and references the Dinesh D'Souza pardon precedent, asking whether the DOJ would receive any advance notice before a presidential pardon of their defendant.
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- •Federal prosecutors received a tip that a 'reliable' reporter was hearing 'serious rumblings' from the White House about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell
- •The reporter cited is Tom Winter of NBC News, who had correctly predicted the Michael Flynn pardon days earlier
- •Prosecutors discussed that there 'wouldn't necessarily need to be any communication with us before pardoning one of our defendants'
- •The Dinesh D'Souza pardon is referenced as precedent for pardons issued without prosecutor notification
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From: To:' Subject: RE: Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:07:16 +0000 ok From: Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 3:07 PM To: ); Subject: RE: Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Sure. I'll call and conference you in. From: Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 3:06 PM To: Subject: RE: Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Can we get on a call now? From: Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 2:13 PM To: Cc: Subject: FW: Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon FYI. From: Sent: Monday,November 30, 2020 1:49 PM To: Cc: Subject: Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Thanks, let's just hope it's as off base as it sounds. The reporter is Tom Winter, who correctly reported (even though it was much easier to predict) the Flynn pardon before it happened. )< Sent from my iPhone On Nov 30, 2020, at 1:45 PM, That's correct. From: Sent: Monde , November 30, 2020 1:45 PM To: Cc: Subject: Fwd: Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Just FYI. I forget how this went with Di Souza, but there wouldn't necessarily need to be any communication with us before pardoning one of our defendants, correct? Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: " Date: November 30, 2020 at 1:21:36 PM EST > wrote: EFTA00032009
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Cc: ' Subject: Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Normally I wouldn't send something like this because it seems so unlikely, but just FYI — a reporter who's been reliable in the past is hearing "serious rumblings" from the WH about a pardon. Sent from my iPhone EFTA00032010
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