Ghislaine Maxwell asked the US Supreme Court to overturn her conviction for trading people from 2021 and claimed that the non -creation agreement Jeffrey Epstein should protect her from criminal accusations.
“This case concerns what the government has promised, not about what Epstein did,” her lawyers wrote in the newly filed short, as Axios says.
Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the care and abuse of minors along Epstein, claims that the action on the action in 2008 between Epstein and the government in 2008 for his alleged conspiracy.
Allive on Trump
Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, appealed not only to court, but directly to President Donald Trump and raised his well -known emphasis on “agreements”.
“President Trump built his inheritance partly about the power of the agreement – and he would certainly agree that if the United States gave his word, it must stand,” Markus said. “We are not only attracted to the Supreme Court, but also to the President himself to realize how deeply he is unfair to the scape Lamb Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein’s crimes, especially when the government has promised not to be prosecuted.”
Trump to waive: “No one asked me”
When the reporters asked if he would consider the release of Maxwell’s grace, Trump replied, “No one closed it. No one asked me about it. It’s in the news about this aspect, but right now it would be inappropriate to talk about it.”
Trump said earlier that he has the power to issue such a mercy without committing both directions.
Meeting with the SPARK Political Firestorm
Maxwell recently organized meetings with closed doors with Deputy Prosecutor Todd Blanche on 24 and 25 July. The nature of these discussions was not published in the Supreme Court, but the meetings caused a sharp criticism of the Democrats.
Senators Dick Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse demanded that the Ministry of Justice to release rewrites and recordings of meetings, warned that Maxwell could manipulate the situation in exchange for leniency.
Democrats: release Epstein files
In a letter to Blanche, senators said: “Given her documented lying record and her desire to ensure premature release, there are serious concerns that Mrs. Maxwell can provide false information or selectively withhold information, in return for wavy or sentence.”
They also criticized for not fulfilling the promise of the General Prosecutor Pam Bondi to publish “full Epstein”.
Faches the mounting pressure
Pam Bondi is growing criticism for insufficient transparency in terms of investigation by Epstein. Critics accused her of detention of key information since Epstein’s death in 2019, officially decided suicide. July 18, Bondi asked the court to release the materials of a large jury associated with the case but to be rejected.
A political risk to Trump
The Epstein saga again promotes political problems with President Trump. His administration had previously teased “Bombshell Revelations”, but later closed the matter – a step that frustrated supporters and critics. Trump’s base continues to require the alleged list of Epstein clients who denied Bondi that it exists.
Persistent doubts about Epstein’s death
Epstein’s death in 2019 in New York, while facing charges of trading people, remains surrounded by controversy. The re -confirmed the suicidal decision and in Note 7 July.
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