US EditionSupreme Court Meets to Discuss Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal and Other Pending Cases
Maxwell's appeal raises a legal question on whether Epstein’s Florida nonprosecution deal protects her New York prosecution amid a circuit court split, the Supreme Court will decide.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court justices will consider appeals including Ghislaine Maxwell's petition to reverse her sex‑trafficking conviction and 20‑year sentence.
- Maxwell's lawyers argue that a Florida nonprosecution agreement promises that `the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein.` and present a circuit split over whether this binds prosecutors nationwide.
- The Justice Department argues that the agreement’s use of `the United States` means the specific U.S. attorney’s office, noting no evidence superiors approved nationwide effect, and the Trump Justice Department opposed Maxwell’s petition.
- If Four justices vote to hear the appeal, Maxwell's attorneys would file more briefs before the court sets a hearing in Washington, D.C.
- The petition places the justices amid the political controversy over Epstein and President Donald Trump, as Epstein's abuses returned to headlines this year and the Trump administration faced pressure to release more information.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein and convicted sex trafficker, may be on the brink of walking free — thanks to a quietly unfolding legal twist that’s landed at the highest court in the land. The U.S. Supreme Court is meeting in private this week to sift through a mountain of appeals submitted over the summer, and one of them — buried among the legal rubble — could be Maxwell’s ticket out of prison. “They’re meeting ri…
Supreme Court to Mull Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal Petition
The Supreme Court is meeting Monday to discuss which appeals to consider for the upcoming term, including Ghislaine Maxwell's, reports NBC News. Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 on five federal counts related to her role in facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minors, is asking the high court to reverse her sex-trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence. Specifically, she is asking for the justices to rule on a legal question about …
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