The House speaker said in an interview with "Meet the Press" he would have "great pause" about any commutation for the former Jeffrey Epstein associate.

Ghislaine Maxwell's 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking is "a pittance," Speaker of the House Mike Johnson told NBC's 'Meet the Press with Kristen Welker' Sunday. "I think she should have a life sentence at least.

"Not my decision, but I have great pause about that as any reasonable person would," Johnson said on NBC's Meet the Press.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a fiery stand against a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell — something on which President Donald Trump has not closed the door. The post ’20 Years Was a Pittance!’ Mike Johnson Takes Fiery Stand Against a Ghislane Maxwell Pardon — As Trump Keeps Door Open first appeared on Mediaite.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said it was "not my lane" when he was asked if he supported President Donald Trump granting a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. During a Sunday interview on Meet the Press,

The court should quickly approve that proposed settlement of a lawsuit filed by the National Religious Broadcasters and Texas churches, which was brought to overturn a 1950s-era provision in the tax code known as “the Johnson Amendment.” As a former ...

But Johnson was—is—smart enough to understand that very few voters would care to parse the particulars of a legal document; what mattered was the image of Mike Johnson out there fighting.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., touts the successes of the Trump administration so far this term on 'One Nation.'