GOP congressman: Trump’s Ghislaine Maxwell comments were ‘unacceptably obtuse’

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/22/gop-congressman-trumps-ghislaine-maxwell-377855

Rep. Chip Roy on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump’s well-wishes for alleged Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell as "unacceptably obtuse."

Trump was asked about Maxwell’s case at his Tuesday evening news conference and said "I wish her well, whatever it is.”

The comment quickly sparked outrage on social media and inside the Department of Justice. Roy (R-Texas), among the most conservative members of the GOP, slammed the president's kid-gloves treatment of a woman charged with grooming young girls into a circle of sexual abuse.

“This is unacceptably obtuse for a woman accused of the most morally depraved of crimes, @realDonaldTrump,” Roy wrote on Twitter. “She needs to be severely punished... and justice must be served for the girls she abused. For ALL involved.”