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Ghislaine Maxwell Gets a Surprise Transfer

Epstein associate has been moved from federal prison in Florida to low-security Texas prison camp

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislane Maxwell has been transferred from a federal low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to a prison camp in Texas, the Bureau of Prisons announced on Friday, though it didn't get into too much detail on the move, reports the Washington Post . Maxwell's lawyer also confirmed...

Interest in Docuseries Spikes During Epstein Files Debate

Other programs about the case also provide context

(Newser) - With the debate over releasing government files on sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein renewed, viewers are looking to documentaries for more information on the case. For the week of July 18-24, Netflix reports that its 2020 docuseries Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich spiked in viewership, totaling 73.1 million minutes watched for...

Giuffre Family: What Did Trump Know?

Statement urges president to keep 'monster' Ghislaine Maxwell behind bars

(Newser) - The family of the late Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre is urging President Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, warning that any leniency for Epstein's accomplice would be "one of the highest travesties of justice." Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence for her role in...

Maxwell Has Many Demands in Return for Testimony

A grant of formal immunity is among them

(Newser) - Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell say she is willing to testify to House investigators—but with plenty of conditions attached. Her attorneys have sent the House Oversight Committee a list of demands, including a formal grant of immunity, CNN reports. Attorney David Oscar Markus noted that Maxwell is appealing her sex-trafficking...

Maxwell Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Conviction

Her lawyers say Epstein's Florida deal should shield her from prosecution

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn her 2022 sex-trafficking conviction, arguing that a deal Jeffrey Epstein struck with federal prosecutors should have protected her from prosecution. The core of Maxwell's appeal centers on a 2008 non-prosecution agreement (NPA) Epstein reached with authorities in Florida—...

Sources: Maxwell Had Some Protection During DOJ Queries

Convicted sex offender reportedly was given limited immunity to reveal what she knows about Epstein

(Newser) - Sources say that Ghislaine Maxwell was the one who initiated her meetings this week with the DOJ's Todd Blanche, and that she was offered limited immunity to reveal what she knows about her late partner, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reports ABC News , which adds it's "almost unheard...

Trump: 'I'm Allowed' to Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell

Still, president says clemency for sex offender is 'something I have not thought about'

(Newser) - The Justice Department has been meeting with convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell, partner of the late disgraced financier and fellow sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, though her attorney says there've been "no promises yet" of clemency for her from President Trump, who has been tied to Epstein over the...

WSJ Reveals More Big Names in Epstein's Birthday Book

Bill Clinton, billionaire Leon Black, designer Vera Wang also among those who contributed, per paper

(Newser) - The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has been hitting hard at President Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, including a recent report that Trump's name appeared multiple times in some capacity in the so-called Epstein files, and that he was informed of that fact by Attorney General Pam Bondi...

Maxwell's Lawyer Says She Answered Every Question

There has been no promise of a pardon for Epstein associate so far, attorney tells reporters

(Newser) - Todd Blanche, the Justice Department's No. 2 official, met Thursday in Florida with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—a session arranged after President Trump and the agency drew fierce backlash from the president's supporters over their handling of the records on...

Oversight Panel Subpoenas Epstein Files, Ghislaine Maxwell

Deposition will be taken at Florida prison next month

(Newser) - The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Ghislaine Maxwell and plans to take a deposition next month in Florida, where Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend is imprisoned for sex trafficking. Republican Rep. James Comer, the committee's chairman, announced that the subpoena had been issued in a post Wednesday on X...

Florida Judge Says She Can't Release Epstein Transcripts

Judge says court's 'hands are tied' by rules on grand jury secrecy

(Newser) - A federal judge in Florida has declined a request to unseal grand jury transcripts tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. US District Judge Robin Rosenberg pointed to existing precedent, stating that she lacked the authority to grant the request and that her "hands are tied," NPR reports. Rosenberg...

Justice Department to Meet With Ghislaine Maxwell

Meeting with Epstein collaborator comes with the president under pressure

(Newser) - A new development in the Jeffrey Epstein drama: A top Justice Department official plans to meet with the sexual predator's longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, reports the New York Times . Todd Blanche, the No. 2 official under Attorney General Pam Bondi, tweeted that Bondi instructed him to seek the meeting...

Trump Files $10B Suit Against Murdoch, WSJ

President is peeved after paper reported on ties between himself, Jeffrey Epstein

(Newser) - As promised , President Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal over the newspaper's reporting on ties between Trump and disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Miami, seeks at least $10 billion in damages, per...

DOJ Fires Prosecutor in Epstein Case

Trump dismissed Maurene Comey's father in his first term

(Newser) - Maurene Comey, who worked on the criminal prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, was fired Wednesday from the job she held for nearly a decade in the Manhattan US attorney's office, insiders told multiple publications. No explanation for the firing has surfaced, Politico reports, though the White House...

Own the NH 'Hideout' Where FBI Busted Ghislaine Maxwell

The 156-acre estate could be yours for $2.5M

(Newser) - Nearly five years after federal agents tracked down Ghislaine Maxwell in New Hampshire, the secluded mountaintop property where she was arrested has hit the market with a $2.5 million price tag. The 156-acre estate, which sold for $1.1 million in 2019 to a company allegedly linked to...

John Cusack Again Accused of Antisemitism

Actor shared graphic claiming Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein as Mossad agents

(Newser) - Actor John Cusack, long critical of Israel's war in Gaza, is once again taking criticism for sharing an "antisemitic" meme on social media. Cusack shared a graphic that linked former US secretary of state Antony Blinken to Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. It noted Blinken's stepfather, Samuel...

Court Upholds Conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell

Friend of Jeffrey Epstein was convicted of procuring young women for him

(Newser) - A US court on Tuesday upheld disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction on sex trafficking charges for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls, per the AP . Maxwell's lawyers had argued that her convictions violated an agreement Epstein reached with federal prosecutors 15 years ago and...

No Bombshells in the Last of the Jeffrey Epstein Releases

Final round of unsealed legal documents largely contained known information

(Newser) - A final round of legal documents released Tuesday in a court case related to Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of teenage girls was made up of testimony transcripts that were already largely public and dealt with allegations about misconduct by several rich and influential men whose names have been known...

New Epstein Documents Detail How Girls Were Recruited

'Jeffrey took my clothes off without my consent the first time I met him'

(Newser) - The release of court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein continued Thursday with the release of 19 more documents with a total of around 300 pages. The latest documents detail how girls were recruited at the sex offender's beachfront mansion in Florida, the BBC reports. In depositions from a lawsuit...

What to Know Regarding the Jeffrey Epstein Document Release

A rundown of reading on the topic

(Newser) - Court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's case have begun to be released publicly after a federal judge ordered them unsealed , and details from the first release of 943 pages are trickling out. Some names included in the documents that are getting particular attention include Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and...

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