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Gretchen Carlson Warns Trump: Pardon Maxwell Risks Insurrection

8/9/2025

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Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson issued a stark warning to Donald Trump on MSNBC, urging him not to pardon convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. She cautioned that such a decision could ignite fierce backlash and even incite an insurrection among political factions, highlighting the grave societal consequences of child sex trafficking.

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Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson issued a stark warning to Donald Trump on MSNBC, urging him not to pardon convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. She cautioned that such a decision could ignite fierce backlash and even incite an insurrection among political factions, highlighting the grave societal consequences of child sex trafficking.