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Maxwell appeals to the Supreme Court: ‘Plea bargain with Epstein violated’

The defence team for the woman convicted of sex trafficking is calling on the Supreme Court and President Trump to intervene. Meetings with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spark new controversy over the role of the White House

WASHINGTON – Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s partner and collaborator, have filed a new brief with the US Supreme Court, arguing that the Department of Justice is seeking to retroactively rewrite a 2007 plea agreement that was supposed to grant Maxwell immunity from criminal charges. This was reported by USA Today, which emphasised that this is yet another attempt by the defence to have the conviction for sex trafficking of minors overturned.

According to the lawyers, the case ‘is not about what Epstein did, but what the government promised.’ Maxwell is therefore asking that the clause in the original agreement, according to which ‘potential co-conspirators’ would not be prosecuted, be respected.

Appeal to President Trump
The defence also made a direct appeal to President Donald Trump, who has long been at the centre of controversy over his ties to Epstein. Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, wrote on social media: ‘We are not only asking the Supreme Court for justice, but also the president himself, to recognise how unfair it is to use Ghislaine Maxwell as a scapegoat for Epstein’s crimes.’

When questioned by the press, Trump said he was ‘authorised’ to consider a presidential pardon, but called it ‘inappropriate to discuss it now.’

Controversial meetings with Blanche
In recent days, Maxwell has met twice with Todd Blanche, the current deputy attorney general and Trump’s former personal defence lawyer. According to some political sources, the meetings are part of a White House strategy to contain the political damage resulting from the much-criticised decision not to make the Epstein files public, despite repeated promises to do so.

The Supreme Court could decide in late September whether to hear Maxwell’s appeal. In the meantime, the case continues to generate public attention and suspicions of a federal cover-up.

The agreement with Epstein, described by many as “excessively lenient”, granted immunity to his alleged co-conspirators. If the Court upholds the appeal, it could rewrite Maxwell’s judicial fate and raise profound questions about the transparency of the American legal system.

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