{"id":1191510,"date":"2022-01-05T16:49:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191510"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:49:56","slug":"fact-check-did-fox-news-report-that-trump-vowed-to-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-if-he-wins-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-fox-news-report-that-trump-vowed-to-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-if-he-wins-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Fox News Report That Trump \u2018Vowed To Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell If He Wins In 2024\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-fox-news-report-that-trump-vowed-to-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-if-he-wins-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191510&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10158392682308239&amp;set=a.10152544119988239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Fox News reported that former President Donald Trump has \u201cvowed to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell if he wins in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Fox News published such a story. A Fox News spokesperson said the claim is false.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ghislaine Maxwell, the ex-girlfriend and confidant of deceased convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein, was convicted on five out of six possible federal sex trafficking charges on Dec. 29, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-verdict-reached-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-traffick-rcna9479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>. She is facing up to 65 years in prison, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10158392682308239&amp;set=a.10152544119988239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> shared on Facebook claims Fox News reported that Trump \u201cvowed to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell if he wins in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post includes an image showing a compilation of several pictures of Trump pointing at photos of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vice President Kamala Harris with the words, \u201cNasty Woman,\u201d written under each photo of Trump. At the bottom of the image, a photo of Trump smiling with a thumbs-up is shown beside a picture of Maxwell. \u201cI wish her well!\u201d reads text below the smiling Trump, an apparent reference to a July 21, 2020 press conference where Trump said, \u201cI just wish her well, frankly,\u201d when asked to comment on Maxwell\u2019s arrest, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/video\/2020\/jul\/22\/donald-trump-on-ghislaine-maxwell-video-i-wish-her-well\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no evidence Fox News reported on Trump making such a vow. Check Your Fact searched the outlet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/search-results\/search?q=trump%20pardon%20ghislaine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/search-results\/search?q%3Dtrump%2520pardon%2520ghislaine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641410891469000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PnOXhq7d4xvD3l0fJLx4N\">website<\/a>, as well as its verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/15704546335\/search\/?q=trump%20pardon%20ghislaine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/15704546335\/search\/?q%3Dtrump%2520pardon%2520ghislaine&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641410891469000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3gJjn-HtAcBF0Lh18FlIZS\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=trump%20pardon%20ghislaine%20(from%3Afoxnews)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q%3Dtrump%2520pardon%2520ghislaine%2520(from%253Afoxnews)%26src%3Dtyped_query&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641410891469000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2h995oMB5DGPNAmdu7hP7y\">Twitter<\/a> accounts, but found no mention of any news article or report about Trump vowing to pardon Maxwell. A Fox News spokesperson confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact that the outlet did not publish any such report.&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/12\/29\/fox-photo-trump-troops-afghanistan-staged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No Fox News Didn\u2019t Stage A Photo Of Trump Visiting Troops In Afghanistan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The claim about Trump may have stemmed from author Michael Wolff\u2019s book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Landslide-Final-Days-Trump-Presidency\/dp\/B097F6CZP6\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L38BWIOYAOP1&amp;keywords=landslide&amp;qid=1641417401&amp;sprefix=landslide%2Cspecialty-aps%2C113&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency<\/a>.\u201d According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/donald-trump-ghislaine-maxwell-case-pardons-michael-wolff-book-2021-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>, the book claims that Trump \u201ctook a \u2018sudden interest\u2019 in Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s case as he was considering who to pardon in the final week of his presidency.\u201d&nbsp;There is no indication in the book or elsewhere, however, that Trump vocalized any plan to pardon her in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to Trump\u2019s press team and will update this piece if a response is given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims Fox News reported that former President Donald Trump has \u201cvowed to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell if he wins in 2024.\u201dVerdict: False There is no evidence &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1191510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1191510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1191510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1191510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}