The Senate unanimously tells Trump to leave Ghislaine Maxwell in prison

Not one senator objected to a nonbinding resolution declaring that Donald Trump should not pardon or commute Ghislaine Maxwell's sentence.

Finally, Senate Republicans have discovered a Trump action they will not defend. No senator objected when Jacky Rosen asked the chamber to pass a resolution declaring that Ghislaine Maxwell should receive no pardon, no commutation, or any other clemency. The measure is nonbinding, but its message is unusually unambiguous. The president's position remains less so.

Donald Trump has repeatedly noted that he has the power to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell while declining to rule out exercising that power. The Senate cannot stop Trump from pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, but it has now made the political terms plain. A nonbinding resolution opposing any form of clemency passed without objection, placing every senator present behind a sentence the White House has avoided: Maxwell should remain in prison.

For once, Senate Republicans declined to hold the door open.

Previously:
• Ghislaine Maxwell receives unlimited toilet paper and private meals at Federal Prison Camp while other inmates ration
• Ghislaine Maxwell receiving 'outlandishly favorable treatment' in prison
• Child trafficker Maxwell scores cushy prison upgrade following mysterious interview with Trump official