Epstein lawyer responds to Elon Musk claim Trump is 'named' in files... as Ghislaine Maxwell pins her hopes on a preside

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Ghislaine Maxwell should be the next jailbird sprung by one-time friend and President Donald Trump, at least according to famed attorney Alan Dershowitz, who claims she was a 'scapegoat' for sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The controversial lawyer, who once defended both Trump and the late pedophile, told Daily Mail the disgraced socialite's 'excessive' 20-year sentence should be commuted for her immediate release – with a full pardon possibly following.

One ultra-close source to the Maxwell family told us last week: 'It's not a bad idea to ask President Trump for a pardon. He knew her. He's probably got views about whether she's guilty or innocent.'

Now, 86-year-old Dershowitz – who was on Trump's legal team fighting the 2020 impeachment charges – says: 'Certainly she should get a commutation. The sentence was way, way, way in excess of anything she was alleged to have done.

'She was in part a victim of Epstein. The fact that Epstein died made her a primary target and caused an excessive sentence to her. Some executive clemency is very much warranted in her case.'

Maxwell's freedom-campaigning brothers Ian, 69, and Kevin, 66, have not so far petitioned for a pardon or commutation, the family source told us. But they have not ruled out the possibility. If they want to makes those appeals, Dershowitz said petitions should be sent to the White House Counsel's office and the Department of Justice.

'And they should sent them to both places,' he emphasized. 'I believe there will be a lot of people who would support some executive clemency for her.'

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