<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A senior Trump administration official stated on Thursday that US President </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> is not currently considering clemency for </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/jeffrey-epstein" rel="" target="" title="Jeffrey Epstein"><span>Jeffrey Epstein</span></a><span> accomplice </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/ghislaine-maxwell" rel="" target="" title="Ghislaine Maxwell"><span>Ghislaine Maxwell</span></a><span> after the president has repeatedly left the door open on the matter in recent weeks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"No leniency is being given or discussed. That's just false. The President himself has said that clemency for Maxwell is not something he is even thinking about at this time," the official told CNN.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The remark comes as the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/virginia-giuffre-issue-statement-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-investigation/61af9ed9-a06c-4bf8-89e0-36c5a90c764a" rel="" target="" title="family of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre"><span>family of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre</span></a><span> is speaking out against any possibility of Trump giving clemency to Maxwell. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/carolina-wilga-car-complex-mission-to-retrieve-german-backpackers-stranded-vehicle/f7605e0e-0e15-4082-886f-25e269249e51"><strong><span>Complex mission to retrieve German backpacker's vehicle</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family was spurred to comment after the president told reporters earlier this week that Epstein "stole" Mar-a-Lago employees, leading to the two men's falling out in the early 2000s. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He acknowledged, when asked by a reporter, that one of those employees may have been </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/prince-andrew-accuser-virginia-giuffre-dies-us-media-reports/e8bd50ba-fd19-4164-afa0-c02b0ec72412" rel="" target="" title="Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year"><span>Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think she worked at the spa," Trump said. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/ghislaine-maxwell-updates-donald-trump-admin-official-denies-clemency-is-currently-on-the-table/ac152bff-24da-4152-a078-ba952eb602e5" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think that was one of the people, yeah. He stole her."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CNN in a statement that Trump was "directly responding to a question posed by a reporter about Ms. Guiffre — he did not bring her up."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club for being a creep to his female employees," Leavitt added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Asked about the president's comments, Giuffre's family expressed shock and raised questions about Trump's relationship with Epstein in a statement to </span><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/jeffrey-epstein-accuser-trump/683717/" rel="" target="_blank" title="The Atlantic"><em><span>The Atlantic</span></em></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions, especially given his statement two years later that his good friend Jeffrey 'likes women on the younger side … no doubt about it,'" said the statement from Giuffre's two brothers and her sisters-in-law.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They added, "The government and the President should never consider giving Ghislaine Maxwell any leniency."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president has been noncommittal when asked about the possibility of a pardon or commutation for Maxwell amid mounting calls for transparency around Epstein. Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Well, I'm allowed to give her a pardon, but nobody's approached me with it. Nobody's asked me about it," Trump told reporters earlier this week. He added that it was "inappropriate to talk about it."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Maxwell has offered to testify before Congress, but with major conditions, including immunity, according to a list of her demands sent to the House Oversight Committee by her attorneys.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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