Trump warned that pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell would be a “major PR problem.”

Maxwell, 64, has argued that the alleged cover-up of these deals undermined the fairness of her trial and violated her constitutional rights.

“New evidence shows that there were 25 men with whom the plaintiff’s attorneys reached secret settlements – who could also be considered co-conspirators,” the legal document said. “None of these men were prosecuted and nothing was disclosed to the petitioner; she would have called them as witnesses if she had known.”

Maxwell’s last chance at freedom now belongs to President Trump, who can pardon the convict if he so chooses, something he has made clear in the past.

When the 80-year-old was asked if he would ever consider pardoning Maxwell, he told reporters: “Well, I may pardon her, but I – no one has approached me about it. No one has asked me about it. That’s in the news, that aspect of it, but at this point it would be inappropriate to talk about it.”