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'I wish her well,' Trump says of Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell. 

Photo credit: AFP

What you need to know:

  • At a briefing about the coronavirus, Trump was asked whether he thought the socialite and former partner of well-connected sex offender Epstein would incriminate any powerful men as part of a deal with prosecutors.
  • Maxwell, the daughter of late newspaper baron Robert Maxwell, pleaded not guilty in a New York court last week to six counts relating to Epstein's alleged sex crimes.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had not been following closely Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest on sex trafficking minors for Jeffrey Epstein but that he wished her well.

At a briefing about the coronavirus, Trump was asked whether he thought the socialite and former partner of well-connected sex offender Epstein would incriminate any powerful men as part of a deal with prosecutors.