US EditionPublic release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence
The Justice Department released grand jury transcripts under the Epstein Files Transparency Act revealing FBI testimony about Maxwell’s role in Epstein’s abuse network.
- The Justice Department released grand jury transcripts this week, returning focus to victims days after British socialite and publishing heir Ghislaine Maxwell sought immediate release; updated versions appeared over the weekend.
- Maxwell filed a habeas petition two weeks ago claiming substantial new evidence shows constitutional violations tainted her trial, and Judge Paul A. Engelmayer admonished her for failing to redact victim identities.
- An FBI agent told grand jurors `the girl met Epstein and Maxwell at age 14 after Epstein donated to her summer arts camp`; the agent detailed grooming, gifts, and Maxwell's role in directing encounters.
- Epstein accuser Danielle Bensky said the disclosures sharpened victims' focus on Maxwell, adding she speaks daily with about two dozen victims who called Maxwell `a criminal` and one said `she was the puppeteer`.
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Montana Standard
Release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence
Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts returned the spotlight to victims.
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Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence
British socialite and onetime Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell is back in the spotlight with the public release of investigative records that led to her 2021 sex trafficking conviction.
The convicted confidant of the sex offender has requested to be released from prison. However, statements by an FBI official that became public in the context of the release of the files indicate a major role for the British in Epstein's crimes.
The recent judicial transcripts of the case of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein have brought to the forefront the magnitude of the abuse of minors that both perpetrated for decades. The publication of these documents, ordered under the Epstein File Transparency Act, reveals in greater detail how the network of sexual recruitment, manipulation and exploitation that affected girls and young women, many of them vulnerable and in situations of …
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