# Trump wishes accused pedophile well **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 23, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132 "2020-07-23T16:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/1 "2020-07-23T16:02:01Z")
Just another day at the office > **['I wish her well': Trump's shocking support for Ghislaine Maxwell | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/opinions/epstein-trump-manafort-stone-maxwell-honig/index.html)** > > The President has previously expressed sympathy publicly for his personal friends who ended up as criminal defendants, writes Elie Honig. The key now is to pay extra attention to make sure that this case doesn't end up short-circuited, like those... ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/2 "2020-07-23T16:06:35Z")
The other times he’s done this (Flynn, Manafort, Stone) he was signalling that his DOJ would go easy on them if they did not cooperate. I’m sure that’s not related at all. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/3 "2020-07-23T16:22:10Z")
His press secretary has sionce defended the statement stating the President was concerned she might be murderlized before her day in court. He “concerned” about “Justice” she says. > **[McEnany offers explanation of Trump’s well wishes for Epstein associate Maxwell](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/508680-mcenany-offers-explanation-of-trumps-well-wishes-for-epstein/)** > > White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday argued President Trump’s well wishes for Ghislaine Maxwell were intended to convey that he wants to see justice served in the courtroo… ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/4 "2020-07-23T17:11:31Z")
This is a guy who bragged about walking in on underage girls dressing at beauty pageants. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/5 "2020-07-23T19:48:51Z")
Trump was good buddies with Epstein, and attended “parties” with him. He also knew Ghislaine Maxwell very well. It would be a shame if she mentioned anything unsavory in connection with these relationships, what with the election getting close and all. I see a pardon guarantee in the works, or a sentence commutation, or whatever it takes to keep her quiet. Fox News is already on the job: > **[Fox News apologises for cropping Trump out of Epstein and Maxwell photo](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jul/07/fox-news-trump-epstein-maxwell-photo-cropped-out)** > > Network says it mistakenly eliminated Donald Trump from photo with Maxwell and Epstein at Mar-a-Lago in February 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/6 "2020-07-23T19:55:44Z")
Did he say anything other than that? Because if he did not, perhaps what he meant was, “I wish her well, because hopefully she isn’t guilty of anything, in which case, she won’t go to jail, and no one will have suffered in the past because of her actions.” I say this not to defend Trump in any way, because we all know the kind of shit he is capable of. But here you have yet another example of someone in the news media ginning up a whole story about someone in Trump’s orbit, when nothing at all has been proven. Elie Honig (the writer of the article), while discounting the possibility of Trump pardoning Maxwell, is already implying guilt before Maxwell has been anywhere near a courtroom. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: there is SO much shit out there to attack Trump for, why is it necessary to just invent stuff like this? ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/7 "2020-07-23T20:00:43Z")
And another thing: Trump was asked a question, and he answered it. What do people expect him to say: I, as President of the United States, hereby state that all Americans should join with me together in saying “I hope Maxwell rots in hell”, even though she has not been tried, and it would violate one of the most sacred rights we as Americans have: the right to be thought innocent until proven guilty, in a trial by a jury of our peers? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/8 "2020-07-23T20:03:58Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > And another thing: Trump was asked a question, and he answered it. The question was whether he thought she would implicate any powerful men (or something like that). He seemed to go out of his way to say (twice) “I wish her well.” He should have said “I don’t comment on pending cases being brought by the Justice Department.” But, of course, he comments on everything. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/9 "2020-07-23T20:15:04Z")
Agreed. That is the proper response: “No comment.” ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/10 "2020-07-23T20:23:18Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > Did he say anything other than that? Because if he did not, perhaps what he meant was, “I wish her well, because hopefully she isn’t guilty of anything, in which case, she won’t go to jail, and no one will have suffered in the past because of her actions.” > > I say this not to defend Trump in any way, because we all know the kind of shit he is capable of. But here you have yet another example of someone in the news media ginning up a whole story about someone in Trump’s orbit, when nothing at all has been proven. Elie Honig (the writer of the article), while discounting the possibility of Trump pardoning Maxwell, is already implying guilt before Maxwell has been anywhere near a courtroom. > > I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: there is SO much shit out there to attack Trump for, why is it necessary to just invent stuff like this? Oh hey, Bricker’s back. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/11 "2020-07-23T20:25:01Z")
This is kinda what I said Trump should have said. “No comment”, but with out the, well, snark. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/12 "2020-07-23T21:17:50Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > Agreed. That is the proper response: “No comment.” “No Comment” would be sketchy sounding. If it was me in that position, I’d say “it’s a very unsavory situation, and I hope that justice is served.” ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/13 "2020-07-23T21:19:10Z")
Sure, I can’t argue with that. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/14 "2020-07-23T21:52:35Z")
Exactly, he is openly tampering with a witness. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/15 "2020-07-23T22:20:14Z")
Yet again. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/16 "2020-07-23T22:39:38Z")
Think about it: he is openly tampering with the trial of someone accused of supporting an underage sex trafficking operation. Remember Comet Ping Pong? Republicans always are guilty of the thing they accuse Democrats of doing. ---
**Author:** ![The.Undeposable.Hand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the.undeposable.hand/32/5594_2.png) [@The.Undeposable.Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The.Undeposable.Hand)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/17 "2020-07-23T23:40:09Z")
“It would be inappropriate for me to comment on an open federal case.” ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/18 "2020-07-24T01:01:52Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > Did he say anything other than that? Because if he did not, perhaps what he meant was, “I wish her well, because hopefully she isn’t guilty of anything, in which case, she won’t go to jail, and no one will have suffered in the past because of her actions.” On brand. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/19 "2020-07-24T01:41:41Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > The other times he’s done this (Flynn, Manafort, Stone) he was signalling that his DOJ would go easy on them if they did not cooperate. I’m sure that’s not related at all. Yup, he is signaling to her ‘don’t talk and I’ll do what I can for you’ since she has the goods on trump also. I really hope there are state crimes on top of the federal crimes. And I hope they are in states where the GOP governor won’t pardon them. Not sure if DeSantis in Florida will or not, but Cuomo in NY will not. I’m sad that I live in a country where GOP presidents and governors will pardon sex crimes against children as long as it benefits their party, but here we are in 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132/20 "2020-07-24T07:30:22Z")
The funny thing is, Donald Trump has never actually wished anyone well in his life. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wishes-accused-pedophile-well/916132.md?page=2)