Also consider the nature of blackmail. Once the secret is out in the open, the leverage that blackmail provides is over.
Yeah it will completely undermine confidence in this administration and the government in general. If she does get a pardon, I hope the magat faggots revolt against the fat orange man or go home in defeat and kill themselves out of shame. Like the noble samurai.
They know what he was doing... they're either going to drop him or they're trying to work out a plan to save their own asses when it comes out what everyone but his cult know.
they wont drop him. just figuring out a way to 'spin' it so they are on the same page. The strategy of trying to downplay it and distract everyone doesn't appear to be working so they need something new. I think a previous poster is correct they will just claim Maxwell said trump is innocent and she will be rewarded in exchange. She has already been moved to a better facility so thats probably already in motion
