Reps. Massie, Khanna sound off on whether Ghislaine Maxwell should receive pardon, blast Mike Johnson

Rep Thomas Massie R-Ky and Ro Khanna D-Ca revealed on Sunday what they think of the Justice Department s interviews with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and whether she should receive a pardon If she has information that could help us then I think she should testify Let's get that out there and do whatever they need to do to compel that testimony as long as it's truthful Massie recounted NBC Meet the Press host Kristen Welker DOJ Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Maxwell on Thursday and Friday in the Attorney General of Tallahassee Florida s office after she allegedly initiated contact with the department Maxwell is in the present serving a -year prison sentence for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors EPSTEIN ACCOMPLICE GHISLAINE MAXWELL COULD BE EYEING THREE OUTCOMES AS SHE MEETS WITH DOJ AGAIN EXPERTPressure on the Trump administration to release the so-called Epstein files has mounted in up-to-date weeks after the DOJ distributed a two-page memo asserting that the evidence the federal administration compiled did not contain a client list and that there was no credible evidence that the New York financier had blackmailed other prominent individuals U S Attorney General Pam Bondi noted that specific interpreted it as saying that a client list was sitting on my desk The AG later denied that she was referring to a client list and instead claimed she was referring to the Epstein matter files Much of the MAGA base was skeptical of the DOJ s claim and has demanded further transparency The two representatives introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act on July which if passed would compel the federal cabinet to release all the Epstein files Speaker Mike Johnson has opposed votes on Epstein-related bill and called the House to an early recess until September in order to avoid a floor vote on the act CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREWhen questioned if Maxwell should be pardoned or receive a commutation in exchange for her cooperating with the DOJ Massie revealed that it would be up to the president Khanna however came out sharply against such a deal I'm concerned that the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch is meeting with her supposedly one-on-one Look I agree with Congressman Massey that she should testify but she's been indicted twice on perjury This is why we need the files Khanna revealed Massie blasted Johnson for refusing to allow a vote on his bill and warned that Republicans could suffer in the midterms if they fail to deliver transparency to the society on the Epstein issue Johnson for his part has accused Massie of playing political games with the Epstein files I don t understand Thomas Massie s motivation I really don t It s intriguing to me that he chose the voting of Donald Trump to bring this to squad up with the Democrats to bring this discharge petition We re for maximum transparency we re engaged in that right now and we don t need political games Johnson informed reporters last week