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Former Harvard University professor Alan Dershowitz represented then-president Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial
A new report claims Dershowitz used his relationship with Trump to 'secure pardons for paying clients'
Dershowitz, who also represented suspected pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is accused in the article of asking Trump to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell
The attorney said the claims laid out in the piece are 'not true'
Dershowitz also represented Maxwell's partner, pedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Published: 12:59 EDT, 10 January 2022 | Updated: 13:58 EDT, 10 January 2022

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Attorney Alan Dershowitz - who defended Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial - is denying a report that claims he asked the 45th president to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.

The request to absolve Maxwell - now a convicted sex predator - reportedly came after she was hit with sex trafficking charges and extradited to New York to await trial in July 2020.

The former Harvard Law School professor reportedly spoke to Trump about Maxwell's case during the last vestiges of his presidency.

Maxwell's brother Ian told the Times of London that 'there was one phone call between Professor Dershowitz and a family member during which the generic issue of pardons was touched on.'

Dershowitz dismissed the claim Monday, telling DailyMail.com: 'It's not true. It's false.'

Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer Alan Dershowitz allegedly asked client Donald Trump to PARDON Ghislaine Maxwell before she stood trial for sex trafficking underage girls

Trump did not issue a pardon for Maxwell who was convicted for her role in a sex trafficking scandal alleged to involve high-profile political figures, billionaires, and at least one member of the British royal family last month.

She faces up to 65 years in prison, but more time could be tacked onto her sentence after she faces trial again on perjury charges.

Trump had previously wished Maxwell well after confirming they had met several times in the past.

When asked to comment on whether he believed Maxwell would turn in the names of powerful people shortly after her arrest, Trump responded he 'hadn't been following it too much' but that he 'wishes her well'.

'I just wish her well frankly,' he said.

'I've met her numerous times over the years especially since I lived in Palm Beach and I guess they lived in Palm Beach.'

After hopes of a pardon fell through, Maxwell's lawyers are hopeful she'll get a retrial after some jurors reportedly admitted using their experiences of sexual abuse to sway the jury.

Maxwell's conviction is in jeopardy after Juror No 50 Scotty David admitted he 'flew through' a pre-trial questionnaire and did not recall being asked on the form about his experience of sexual abuse.

Dershowitz defended Trump (pictured on July 21, 2020) during his first impeachment trial

The request to absolve Maxwell - now a convicted sex predator - came after she was hit with sex trafficking charges and extradited to New York to await trial in July 2020. Maxwell is pictured with pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2005

Maxwell's sex trafficking case dominated national headlines last month and ended with five convictions related to her role in a sex trafficking scandal

Donald Trump sent a message of support to Ghislaine Maxwell as she awaited her trial for sex trafficking minors. Pictured the president, with First Lady Melania Trump, Epstein and Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 (left) and Trump and Maxwell together at the Anand Jon Fashion Show in September 2000 in New York City (right)

David claimed he used his experience to influence other jurors, saying: 'When I shared that, they were able to come around on the memory aspect of the sexual abuse.'

The 35-year-old, who has hired a lawyer, could face jail if it is found he intentionally lied on the questionnaire.

A second, unidentified, juror told The New York Times that they, too, had been abused as a child.

'They said they had discussed the experience during deliberations and that the revelation had appeared to help shape the jury's discussions,' the paper reported.

There are reports that a third and even a fourth juror may have been similarly affected.

Lawyers for Maxwell, 60, have demanded an immediate retrial.

Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five of six charges - including the most serious

Four women testified against Ghislaine Maxwell: 'Jane', Carolyn, Kate, and Annie Farmer - the only one to use her real, full name.

All four alleged that Maxwell played a vital role in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme. Some of the counts related to one of the women, and others brought in all four.

COUNT ONE - Conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts

GUILTY, maximum sentence of five years.

Maxwell was accused of coercing girls to travel from Florida to New York, between 1994 and 1997, to engage in sex acts with Epstein.

COUNT TWO - Transportation of a minor with intent to engage in illegal sex acts

NOT GUILTY, maximum sentence of five years.

This was only connected to 'Jane', and detailed her being encouraged to travel to have sex with Epstein.

COUNT THREE - Conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity

GUILTY, maximum sentence of five years.

This charge says that between 2001 and 2004, Maxwell recruited, enticed and transported other girls to engage in at least one commercial sex act with Epstein.

COUNT FOUR - Transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity

GUILTY, maximum sentence of 10 years.

This count applied only to 'Jane'.

COUNT FIVE - Conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors

GUILTY, maximum sentence of five years.

COUNT SIX - Sex trafficking of minors

GUILTY, maximum sentence of 40 years.

Sex trafficking applies to anyone who 'knowingly in or affecting interstate commerce, recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains, by any means a person ... knowing that ... the person has not attained the age of eighteen years and will be caused to engage in a commercial sex act,' according to the jury instructions.

This charge solely relates to Carolyn between 2001 and 2004.

Using only her first name, Carolyn testified that she was 14 years old when she began to go to Epstein's home in Palm Beach, Florida, two or three times per week in the early 2000s.

There, she engaged in sexualized massages with Epstein that Maxwell helped facilitate, Carolyn said.

Each time she visited, $300 in cash was left for her on the bathroom sink, she said. She estimated that she went over 100 times in all.

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