Overview
- A Forbes survey found only six of 25 rank‑and‑file GOP members on the Oversight Committee said they oppose a Maxwell pardon.
- Chair James Comer said he opposes clemency and described the panel as split on the idea.
- Prediction‑market odds on a Trump pardon climbed to about 19% on Polymarket, up from roughly 7% five days earlier.
- The committee lacks pardon power, and Maxwell’s lawyer says she has not applied for clemency and might answer questions if granted it.
- Victims and Republican critics, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, argue a pardon would reward a convicted abuser and urge more prosecutions of co‑conspirators.