President Donald Trump’s new plan to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein saga may put a “massive target” on his back, according to two analysts.
On Wednesday, it was reported that Trump is considering pardoning Sean “Diddy” Combs as he approaches his sentencing hearing. Combs was convicted of transportation and prostitution charges in a broader racketeering investigation, and he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
The news comes at a time when Trump is reportedly considering Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, in exchange for damaging testimony against his political opponents.
Political commentators Dan Pfeiffer and Jon Lovett discussed the pardons on a new episode of “Pod Save America” on Wednesday.
“This would be a truly insane thing to do in terms of the Epstein conspiracy because everything that went down with Combs is a proof-point among the Epstein conspiracy theorists for the idea that there truly could be this cabal of elites covering up sex trafficking, abuse, and pedophilia,” Pfeiffer said.
Pfeiffer added that many of the details in the Combs case also exist in the Epstein case and other famous instances of sex trafficking.
“For Trump to do this would put a massive target; it would make all of his problems worse,” he continued.
Lovett added that this isn’t the first time Trump has thought about pardoning a powerful person for his political gain.
“[Trump’s] always considering pardons for everybody,” Lovett said. “It’s obviously disgusting and unjustified.”
Lovett added that Trump pardoning Diddy would contradict the narrative about Epstein that he has been selling the MAGA base for several years.
“It’s this strange phenomenon,” Lovett continued. “Again, the Epstein story is about horrific abuse of girls and young women. That’s what this story is about. And for some reason, that’s the only sexual abuse they seem to care about.