119th (2025–2027)
H.Res. 635
This House resolution expresses Congress's opposition to President pardoning, commuting, or showing clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of sex trafficking and facilitating the sexual abuse of minors in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for her role in grooming and luring young girls to Epstein's residences for abuse. The resolution, submitted by nine Democratic representatives, does not create any law or binding authority; instead, it serves as a formal statement of the House's position that granting Maxwell any form of clemency would deny justice to the hundreds of victims of these crimes. The measure was prompted by public speculation and the President's stated authority to grant pardons under the Constitution, though it carries no legal power to prevent such executive action if the President chooses to exercise it.