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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her 2021 conviction and 20-year prison sentence for aiding Jeffrey Epstein in the sexual exploitation of underage girls, leaving her punishment intact and closing one of the final legal chapters in the decades-long Epstein saga. Maxwell, 63, had …

The Supreme Court will meet in private on Monday to consider hundreds of appeals that accumulated over the summer — including a high-profile petition from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is seeking to overturn parts of her conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein in recruiting and grooming underage girls. The session, known as …

The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and accomplice, as the Trump administration scrambles to blunt mounting criticism over its handling of the sex-trafficking case. The disclosure comes after weeks of turmoil inside the administration, fueled by frustration among President Donald …

A federal judge on Monday denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury materials from Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case, ruling that the transcripts would reveal no meaningful new information about her or Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, issued …

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday rejected a proposal from Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team seeking immunity and clemency in exchange for her public testimony before Congress, intensifying political and legal tensions surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Maxwell’s attorneys had sent a letter earlier in the day to Oversight Chairman James …

Ghislaine Maxwell is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her 2021 sex trafficking conviction, arguing that a 2007 non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with financier Jeffrey Epstein should have protected her from federal charges. In a petition filed Monday, Maxwell’s attorneys said the government has a legal and moral obligation to …

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche intends to meet with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in the coming days, Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed Tuesday morning, in what marks the first known outreach from a Department of Justice official to the former Jeffrey Epstein associate since her 2021 conviction. “We are …

Originally published by The 19th The sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and alleged accomplice of wealthy investor and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, begins in New York on Monday. Maxwell, 59, faces six charges related to her involvement helping Epstein “recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse victims” for …