House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday said he thinks Ghislaine Maxwell should have been sentenced to life behind bars for the role she played in boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes against young women.

But the Louisiana Republican told NBC News’s “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker that a pardon or commutation for Maxwell, who is serving 20 years in prison, is in President Donald Trump’s “lane,” not his. 

“I think 20 years was a pittance,” Johnson said. “I think she should have a life sentence, at least. I mean, think of all these unspeakable crimes…probably 1,000 victims.”

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