{"id":2468100,"date":"2025-07-29T09:03:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwells-desperate-supreme-court-plea-will-it-flip-her-epstein-conviction\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:04:13","slug":"ghislaine-maxwells-desperate-supreme-court-plea-will-it-flip-her-epstein-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwells-desperate-supreme-court-plea-will-it-flip-her-epstein-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell&#8217;s Desperate Supreme Court Plea: Will It Flip Her Epstein Conviction?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fghislaine-maxwells-desperate-supreme-court-plea-will-it-flip-her-epstein-conviction%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=2468100&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--><p>Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate adn romantic partner of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her sex trafficking conviction. Maxwell argues that a non-prosecution agreement Epstein secured in 2007 with Florida prosecutors should also protect her from charges. however, this claim was previously rejected by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the agreement does not apply to her case in New York. Maxwell&#8217;s attorneys contend the government&#8217;s position misinterprets the plea deal. The Department of Justice, meanwhile, states that former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta lacked the authority to extend the deal&#8217;s protections beyond Florida.The Supreme Court is expected to decide this fall whether to hear Maxwell&#8217;s appeal. Her petition and recent questioning by the DOJ come <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-not-indoctrination-uk-minister-demands-schools-uphold-political-impartiality\/\" title=\"&#039;Education, Not Indoctrination&#039;: UK Minister Demands Schools Uphold Political Impartiality\">amid ongoing controversy<\/a> and political scrutiny surrounding the Epstein case and calls for further disclosure of related documents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ghislaine Maxwell, the former romantic partner and longtime confidant of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to overturn her conviction on sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ghislaine-maxwell-returns-prison-mysterious-item-productive-meeting-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maxwell<\/a>, who is currently three years into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trevor-reed-released-in-russia-prisoner-swap\/\" title=\"Trevor Reed released in Russia prisoner swap\">20-year federal prison sentence<\/a>, met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for questions about the Epstein affair, as noted by a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/28\/politics\/ghislaine-maxwell-supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell claimed in her appeal to the Supreme Court that a non-prosecution agreement Epstein signed before his death also covers her.<\/p>\n<p>But the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals previously ruled against her, asserting that the agreement, which was made with Florida prosecutors, did not necessarily cover her in New York.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump built his legacy in part on the power of a deal &mdash; and surely he would agree that when the United States gives its word, it must stand by it,&rdquo; David Oscar Markus, an attorney for Maxwell, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are appealing not only to the Supreme Court but to the president himself to recognize how profoundly unjust it is to scapegoat Ghislaine Maxwell for Epstein&rsquo;s crimes, especially when the government promised she would not be prosecuted,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The plea agreement, signed in 2007, had said that the United States would &ldquo;not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to&rdquo; four other suspects, per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/28\/ghislaine-maxwell-supreme-court-appeal-epstein-files\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Maxwell was not included on that list, her lawyers asserted that she did not need to be, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Mona Markus, the husband of David Oscar Markus and another lawyer defending Maxwell, claimed in the petition to the Supreme Court that &ldquo;the government&rsquo;s argument, across the board, is essentially an appeal to what it wishes the agreement had said, rather than what it actually says.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response to the claims, the Justice Department said that now-former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who had cut the deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-doj-offered-ghislaine-maxwell-partial-immunity-get-bottom-epstein-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epstein<\/a>, did not have the authority to make other federal districts uphold it.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal appeals courts<\/a> have split over the matter, with some saying a plea deal made by one U.S. attorney must be honored across the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Acosta was rebuked in a 2020 report from the Justice Department for his &ldquo;poor judgment&rdquo; in letting Epstein off easy, per Axios.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein died in his jail cell in 2019, reportedly from suicide.<\/p>\n<p>He had pleaded guilty in 2008 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linkedin-co-founder-admits-to-visiting-epsteins-private-island\/\" title=\"LinkedIn co-founder visited ...&#039;s private island, admits.\">state-level prostitution charges<\/a> in Florida and had been indicted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-sex-trafficking-charges\/\" title=\"... pleads not guilty to federal ... ...\">federal sex trafficking charges<\/a> in 2019 before his demise.<\/p>\n<p>The questioning of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/developing-ghislaine-maxwell-welcomes-chance-get-congress-spill-beans-epstein-story-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maxwell<\/a> and her new petition to the Supreme Court comes amid renewed controversy over the Epstein case.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and some conservatives have criticized the Trump administration for not releasing more documents related to Epstein, and particularly those who may have taken part in his pedophilic activities.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court will likely decide this fall whether to take up the Maxwell case, per CNN.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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This development follows Maxwell&#8217;s meeting with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding the Epstein case. Currently serving three years of a 20-year federal sentence, Maxwell argues in her appeal that a non-prosecution agreement Epstein signed before his death should also protect her. However, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals previously rejected this claim, stating that the Florida-based agreement does not apply to her case in New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2468101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Michael-Featured-Image-19.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60162,41073,41906,32275],"class_list":["post-2468100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-epstein-conviction","tag-ghislaine-maxwell","tag-legal-appeal","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Michael-Featured-Image-19.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468100","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468100"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468104,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468100\/revisions\/2468104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}