{"id":1080371,"date":"2021-12-03T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1080371"},"modified":"2021-12-03T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:58:50","slug":"fact-check-did-the-judge-presiding-over-ghislaine-maxells-trial-issue-a-media-wide-gag-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-judge-presiding-over-ghislaine-maxells-trial-issue-a-media-wide-gag-order\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Judge Presiding Over Ghislaine Maxell\u2019s Trial Issue A \u2018Media-Wide Gag Order\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-judge-presiding-over-ghislaine-maxells-trial-issue-a-media-wide-gag-order%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1080371&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/193553044050986\/posts\/6537396066333287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook <\/a>claims the judge presiding over Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s criminal trial has issued a \u201cmedia-wide gag order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The presiding judge has not issued any gag order. Both the press and the public have access to the trial.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The criminal trial of Maxwell, the ex-girlfriend and confidant of deceased convicted sex offender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-49306032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, began on Monday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-59455605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a> reported. She has been charged with recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein to abuse, to which she has pleaded not guilty, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook shows a screen grab of a Nov. 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimKennedyMMA\/status\/1464972567127674886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> that alleges there will be no media coverage of the trial. \u201cBREAKING: \u2018Judge In Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Issues Media-Wide Gag Order: All Press &amp; Spectators Barred From Courtroom,\u201d reads the tweet. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/30\/fact-check-telephone-number-access-code-audio-ghislaine-maxwell-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Telephone Number And Access Code Allow People To Remotely Listen To Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s Trial?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/16\/nyregion\/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-epstein-judge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judge Alison J. Nathan<\/a>, who is presiding over the case, has issued no such gag order. Nathan actually denied Maxwell\u2019s request to block public statements from lawyers, prosecutors and federal agents about the trial back in July 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell\/ghislaine-maxwell-fails-to-block-release-of-documents-obtain-gag-order-u-s-court-rulings-idUSKCN24O16Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. She also issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/united-states-v-maxwell-205\/?PHONE_NUMBER_GROUP=P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nov. 24 order<\/a> stating that, consistent with the court\u2019s COVID-19 protocols, a \u201cnumber of pool reporters and members of the public will be permitted in the courtroom proper as managed by the District Executive\u2019s Office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, press will be \u201cable to access the trial in dedicated overflow courtrooms for the press,\u201d and members of the public \u201cwill also be able to access the trial in overflow courtrooms in the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse,\u201d according to the order. The overflow rooms at the courthouse will have \u201csubstantial seating capacity available\u201d and \u201clive video and audio feeds of the proceeding,\u201d the order also states.<\/p>\n<p>The order does mention&nbsp;Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/rules\/frcrmp\/rule_53\">states<\/a> that federal courts \u201cmust not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.\u201d The claim may stem from confusion regarding that rule, which applies to Maxwell\u2019s trial.<\/p>\n<p>Since it began on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/11\/29\/nyregion\/ghislaine-maxwell-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monday<\/a>, Maxwell\u2019s trial has been widely covered in media outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/12\/02\/nyregion\/ghislaine-maxwell-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-day-3-f0f2edc0ce577924893f44396af0ba2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/mxwell-epstein-victim\/2021\/11\/30\/94d9a07e-520f-11ec-9267-17ae3bde2f26_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims the judge presiding over Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s criminal trial has issued a \u201cmedia-wide gag order.\u201dVerdict: False The presiding judge has not issued any gag order. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1080371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1080371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1080371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1080371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}