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choie

(5,894 posts) Mon Jul 28, 2025, 07:53 PM Monday

And there it is: Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court brief appealing Epstein conviction

I'm sure the timing was just a coincidence:

"Ghislaine Maxwell pressed ahead with an appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to overturn her conviction on the grounds that she was unlawfully prosecuted for sex trafficking minors with Jeffrey Epstein.

Why it matters: The filing by Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2022, comes just three days after she met with a top Justice Department official tapped to re-examine the Epstein case.

The Trump administration has faced weeks of bipartisan backlash after reneging on promises to release all files related to the now-deceased sex trafficker.
MAGA activists have suggested that Maxwell, a British former socialite, could be the key to exposing new information about the alleged elite pedophile ring at the heart of Epstein conspiracy theories.
Go deeper: Why Ghislaine Maxwell is suddenly at the center of the Epstein case
Zoom in: Maxwell's appeal revolves around a highly controversial 2007 plea agreement Epstein negotiated with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida.

"The United States," the plea agreement stated, "agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to" four other suspects.
Maxwell was not listed as one of those suspects — but her lawyers argue she didn't need to be."

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/28/ghislaine-maxwell-supreme-court-appeal-epstein-files

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And there it is: Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court brief appealing Epstein conviction (Original Post) choie Monday OP

How does she get to go straight to the USSC cloudbase Monday #1

She doesn't. She lost her appeal to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, Ocelot II Monday #3

Thanks for that. cloudbase Monday #4

This isn't on account of the meeting with Blanche - it's been planned since she lost her last appeal. Ocelot II Monday #2

47 will make a phone call to one of his buddies at SCOTUS vapor2 Monday #5

The timing was just coincidence. Ms. Toad Monday #6

cloudbase

(6,023 posts)

1. How does she get to go straight to the USSC

Reply to choie (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 07:59 PM

Monday

without going through the appeals process in the lower federal courts?

Ocelot II

(126,334 posts)

3. She doesn't. She lost her appeal to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals,

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:05 PM

Monday

and this is a petition for certiorari from that decision, which is here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1073/337362/20250117133905126_22-1426.pdf

cloudbase

(6,023 posts)

4. Thanks for that.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:06 PM

Monday

Ocelot II

(126,334 posts)

2. This isn't on account of the meeting with Blanche - it's been planned since she lost her last appeal.

Reply to choie (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:02 PM

Monday

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/ghislaine-maxwell-supreme-court-appeal-brief-epstein-trump-rcna221567

vapor2

(2,765 posts)

5. 47 will make a phone call to one of his buddies at SCOTUS

Reply to choie (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:31 PM

Monday

Anyone have this on their bingo card?

Ms. Toad

(37,403 posts)

6. The timing was just coincidence.

Reply to choie (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 11:55 PM

Monday

The case has been winding its way through the courts since 2019.

Following the denial of an en banc rehearing at the appellate court back in November, she had the right a petition for a writ of certiorari.

She did that in April, after receiving a brief extension. The Federal government replied to her petition (after receiving a 1 month extension).

As is her right, she filed a reply to the government's reply, after being granted a one month extension.

So yes, it is purely a coincidence that 6 years after the case began, and 4 months after she filed her petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court, another due date coincided with her case being in the news for other reasons.

It's not hard to pull the case documents and see that this is just the next document in a long-standing legal dispute.

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