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Ghislaine Maxwell Makes New Plea to Get Out of Prison

Convicted Epstein associate to file habeas corpus petition

(Newser) - Two months after getting shut down by the Supreme Court , Ghislaine Maxwell is trying again to get out of prison. In a court filing to US District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer on Wednesday, Maxwell's lawyers said she intends to file a habeas corpus petition for her release. The filing...

DOJ Goes Back to Judges With New Epstein Law

Filings argue for quick release of files

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Monday renewed its request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking cases, arguing the material should be made public under a new law requiring the government to open its files on the late financier and his longtime accomplice. The...

House Panel Gives Up on Maxwell Testifying

Imprisoned Epstein accomplice demanded immunity for answering lawmakers' questions

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will not answer questions from the House Oversight Committee about Epstein or the Justice Department's handling of his case, the panel's chairman said. Republican Rep. James Comer said Maxwell's legal team informed him that she will invoke...

Newly Released Epstein Emails Mention Trump by Name

'Of course he knew about the girls,' Epstein wrote in 2019

(Newser) - The Democrats on Wednesday released new emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, and two mention President Trump by name. Politico reports the documents were shared by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the committee's ongoing investigation into Epstein. ABC News reports three email...

Ghislaine's Next Move: A Plea for Commutation

Longtime Epstein associate reportedly working on formal application to White House

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell appears to be working on her next big move: a formal plea to President Trump to have her sentence commuted. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have obtained documents showing that Maxwell and her attorney are working on the application, report Politico and CBS News . "I am...

Ghislaine Email: I've Gone Through the 'Looking Glass'

Email excerpts published by NBC News describe her experience at Federal Prison Camp Bryan

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted for her role in facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of young women and teens, appears to be enjoying her new life at a minimum-security prison camp in Texas, relatively speaking. NBC News shares excerpts of emails sent by Maxwell that it obtained—it does not specify who...

Report: Prince Andrew Asked Cop to Find Dirt on Giuffre

Met Police investigating claims he targeted his accuser with his police protection detail

(Newser) - Prince Andrew could become the first member of the British royal family to be investigated by police in more than two decades, the Telegraph reports, noting Metropolitan Police are reviewing allegations that the prince tried to gather personal information about his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, using his police protection detail. The...

Book Excerpt: How Maxwell Lured Me Into Epstein's Web

Virginia Giuffre's account to be published after her death

(Newser) - Virginia Giuffre finished writing her memoir one year ago and told collaborator Amy Wallace that she wanted to be sure Nobody's Girl was released even if she wasn't alive to see it. Giuffre took her own life in April , and her book is due out next Tuesday . In...

Supreme Court Delivers Bad News to Ghislaine Maxwell

Justices decline to take up her appeal

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell has struck out at the Supreme Court. On their first day of a new term , justices declined to consider an appeal from the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, reports USA Today . As is customary, the judges did not explain their decision, per the AP . Maxwell is currently...

Epstein Records Turn Spotlight on Musk, Bannon, Thiel

Oversight Dems release documents that also name Bill Gates, point to massages for 'Andrew'

(Newser) - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a set of documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate that reference several high-profile individuals, including Elon Musk, Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, Prince Andrew, and Bill Gates. The six pages, part of a much larger batch of 8,544 records, include pieces...

Memoir of Late Epstein Accuser Is Getting a New Edit

Publisher Knopf agrees to tweak draft of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous book at family's request

(Newser) - The publisher of a posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre says it has agreed on a final draft with family members after they publicly raised questions about the book's release. Surviving relatives of Giuffre had worried that Nobody's Girl presented an outdated, unduly positive portrait of...

Panel Subpoenas Epstein Estate for Client List, Birthday Book

House committee seeks records on associates, finances, and possible coverups

(Newser) - The House Oversight Committee on Monday issued a sweeping subpoena to the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, demanding to see any client lists the disgraced financier may have had, as well as a leather-bound "birthday book" reportedly put together by Ghislaine Maxwell and containing messages from high-profile associates. The...

Giuffre's Family Rips DOJ, Maxwell Interview

Accuser's family says transcripts allow convict to 'rewrite history'

(Newser) - The family of Virginia Giuffre has criticized the Justice Department for releasing transcripts of its interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, saying it gave Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned accomplice a "platform to rewrite history" and undermine the voices of survivors like Giuffre. "The content of these transcripts is in...

Maxwell Reportedly Didn't See Trump Being 'Inappropriate'
Maxwell Transcripts Released
Aug 22, 2025 5:24 PM CDT

Maxwell Transcripts Released

Convict told Blanche that Trump behaved as 'a gentleman' in her presence, record shows

(Newser) - Federal inmate Ghislaine Maxwell said she admires President Trump, according to transcripts released Friday, and never saw him receive a massage or act inappropriately. The comments were included in Justice Department transcripts of the two-day interview by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month of Jeffrey Epstein's onetime girlfriend...

Judge Keeps Epstein Transcripts Under Wraps

Manhattan judge says government's request appears to be a 'diversion' from files held by DOJ

(Newser) - A Manhattan judge has refused to unseal grand jury transcripts from the Jeffrey Epstein case. On Wednesday, Judge Richard Berman declined the government's request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the disgraced financier's 2019 sex trafficking prosecution, the New York Times reports. Berman ruled that the government...

Judge Denies Move to Unseal Ghislaine Maxwell Transcripts

Says move would risk 'unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised'

(Newser) - Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell won't be released, a judge decided Monday. As the AP reports, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said in a written ruling that the government had suggested that the...

Epstein Accusers Weigh In on Maxwell Case

'This is all very exhausting,' one noted in letter to NY judges on DOJ's handling of records in the case

(Newser) - Women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein are feeling skeptical and anxious about the Justice Department's handling of records related to the convicted sex offender, with some backing more public disclosures as an overdue measure of transparency, and others expressing concerns about their privacy and the Trump...

Sorry, Ghislaine, No Dog for You
Sorry, Ghislaine,
No Dog for You
Aug 7, 2025 1:28 PM CDT

Sorry, Ghislaine, No Dog for You

Maxwell barred from prison camp's service dog training program

(Newser) - One of the perks for inmates at the Texas prison camp where Ghislaine Maxwell was moved last week is the opportunity to train service dogs. In other words, they get to play with puppies. "I absolutely love it," one inmate wrote of the program, noting it means living...

House Oversight Panel Issues a Flurry of Epstein Subpoenas

They want a look at depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton, former attorneys general, FBI directors

(Newser) - The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department on Tuesday for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, part of a congressional probe that lawmakers believe may show links to President Trump and other former top officials. The Republican-controlled committee also issued subpoenas for depositions with former President...

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...

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