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  • Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court brief

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 28 18:44:46 2025
    Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court brief appealing Epstein
    conviction

    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.
    ...
    ...
    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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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jul 29 20:29:42 2025
    On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:44:46 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    "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.

    If you pause to consider, it *is* pretty outrageous that in an island
    full of pedophiles, the only one in jail is Ms. Maxwell. That's not to
    say she's innocent - she very clearly helped groom and procure young
    women for Epstein - but WTF. Is it possible the co-conspirators
    include any presidential hopefuls eager to preemptively obtain
    shielding?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Wed Jul 30 05:01:42 2025
    On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:29:42 -0600, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    the only one in jail is Ms. Maxwell

    She was a Kingpin essential to his operation.

    Is it possible the co-conspirators....

    Unknown about their roles, and if they cooperated.

    Making an example (Maxwell) while others go free is not uncommon.

    For example, during the 'war on drugs' days, many users and small
    dealers were arrested but set free if a bigger fish could be caught.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to adhellman1@gmail.com on Fri Aug 1 05:24:27 2025
    On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 01:20:41 -0400, Auric Hellman
    <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:

    not review every criminal case tried in
    lower courts. For those matters,
    there are Appeals courst

    The "crime" is not being reviewed, but the "2007 plea agreement
    Epstein negotiated with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern
    District of Florida."

    I have no idea which court of law deals with this issue. SCOTUS only?

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