The Senate unanimously agreed on Wednesday that socialite and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell should not be allowed a presidential pardon or clemency. 6 Socialite and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell should not be allowed a presidential pardon or clemency, the Senate unanimously agreed on Wednesday. “If Republicans advance Todd Blanche’s nomination tomorrow in the Judiciary Committee, this is the least they can do to make their opposition to a Maxwell pardon clear,” she said. White House officials have repeatedly denied that clemency for the convicted sex trafficker is under consideration. The Supreme Court rejected Maxwell’s appeal of her sex trafficking conviction this past October.