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"Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump," Maxwell's attorney, David Markus, said in an opening statement he posted on social media.
Democrats expressed outrage that Maxwell appeared to be advertising favorable testimony in exchange for a pardon or commutation of her prison sentence. Trump has suggested he's open to the idea.
"She is campaigning over and over again to get that pardon from President Trump, and this president has not ruled it out, and so that is why she's continuing to not cooperate with our investigation," Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) told reporters. "The reality is that she is a monster. She should be behind bars."