By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 22 – With Ghislaine Maxwell in prison, she reportedly offered to testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein, presumably for a pardon.
Then she said she would invoke the Fifth.
Now after the Epstein files votes on Capitol Hill, from the SDNY Judge who took over the Maxwell file from Judge Nathan, this:
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Just past noon on November 26 the US Attorney's Office filed a four page letter, on Patreon here
On December 3, Maxwell's counsel acknowledged the new Act but wrote "Ms. Maxwell respectfully notes that shortly she will be filing a habeas petition pro se. Releasing the grand jury materials from her case, which contain untested and unproven allegations, would create undue prejudice so severe that it would foreclose the possibility of a fair retrial should Ms. Maxwell’s habeas petition succeed.
On December 17 Ghislaine Maxwell's pro se habeas petition was filed, focused on Jury 50, "Scotty David," Inner City Press covering on X
On December 22, Judge Engelmayer set a schedule: "The Court has directed the Government to complete this process by January 6, 2026, at which point the Clerk of Court will docket Maxwell's filings as redacted. See Dkt. 824 (filed under seal). As to the briefing schedule on Maxwell's motion: By March 31, 2026, the Government shall respond to the motion. By April 30, 2026, Maxwell shall file any reply. This schedule is subject to the following caveat. On December 19, 2025, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") made publicly available various documents relating to Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Pub. L. No. 119-38, 139 Stat. 656 (2025), while stating that it will continue to review and release such material. See, e.g., Dkt. 823 (DOJ letter describing its review process). It is possible that Maxwell may seek, on the basis of such documents, to amend her Section 2255 motion. In the event that Maxwell intends to do so, by February 17, 2026, she must file, on the docket of this case, either an amended motion or a declaration setting a date, not to exceed March 31, 2026, by which she will do so." Order on Patreon here
Inner City Press, with its Maximum Maxwell book restored here, will cover all filings.
After having asked Maxwell herself question when she did a press conference in the UN. After that, Inner City Press was banned from the UN by SG Antonio Guterres. His spokesman Stephane Dujarric on July 14, 2025 refused to answer written questions, including:
On deadline, explain why Ghislaine Maxwell was granted a press conference in the UN briefing room, and why a UN correspondent who did a fundraiser with Ghislaine Maxwell - convicted of sex trafficking here in SDNY, and known at the time to be manager for Jeffrey Epstein - is allowed in daily and can ask questions, while Inner City Press which asked and asks remains banned, with 6/19/25 application to MALU pending, none of the promised (by Dujarric) answers to written questions like this provided
No answers.
Inner City Press continues reporting on the UN (where Ghislaine Maxwell was allowed a press conference and SG Antonio Guterres had a rep on her Terramar board (video here, story here).
This case is USA v. Maxwell, 1:20-cr-330 (Engelmayer)
And now Maxwell v. USA, 1:25-cv-10468 (Engelmayer)
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