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Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Would Be Shot in the Back of the Head’

February 10, 2026 at 4:10 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) theorized that Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, would be “shot in the back of the head” if she was released from her 20-year prison sentence, NewsNation reports.

Said Burchett: “Maybe she gets out on good behavior and does a humongous book deal and probably ends up committing suicide by getting shot in the back of the head five times. Because I — this thing goes very deep and the people involved in it are very powerful.”

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