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The British socialite, currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for facilitating her late ex-boyfriend’s sexual abuse, is pleading her case amid fresh outcry over the broader saga.
The Trump administration asked federal judges on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts from the prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, citing public demand for transparency and renewed scrutiny of how the Justice Department handled the high-profile sex-trafficking cases.
The Trump administration’s handling of the so-called Epstein files has spurred a growing backlash from within the president’s own MAGA base.
Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer had tanked his own case, The Post sued. Now Bondi's petition is citing the case.
Ghislaine Maxwell's family claims unfair trial as she appeals her sex trafficking conviction, arguing a prior Epstein plea deal should have protected her from prosecution
The Justice Department said unsealing grand jury transcripts related to Epstein's case is necessary given "longstanding and legitimate" public interest in the case.
Before she was convicted of sex trafficking charges and thrown in jail, Jeffrey Epstein 's ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell is said to have bragged about her "onetime hookup" with John F. Kennedy Jr. to her elite New York inner circle, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
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Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence at FCI Tallahassee and has petitioned the US Supreme Court after a lower court rejected her appeal. Her legal strategy centers on a controversial 2007 non-prosecution agreement between Epstein and federal prosecutors in Florida that she claims should have shielded her from prosecution.
Comey is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, who led SDNY from 2002 to 2003. Trump fired James Comey in May 2017 over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails, but Democrats have said the move was a result of the FBI investigating alleged links between the Trump campaign and Russia.