After Epstein Files Act Ghislaine Maxwell Filed Habeas with New Exhibits US Gets to May 19

After Epstein Files Act Ghislaine Maxwell Filed Habeas with New Exhibits US Gets to May 19 By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 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: Order on Patreon here. 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. The amended habeas corpus petition was filed - on April 21 the US Attorney's Office wrote to Judge Engelmayer that "Yesterday, the Government received a FedEx envelope—marked with a “ship date” of April 16, 2026—that contained a USB drive with the defendant’s amended motion and exhibits. Upon an initial review, the amended motion seems to have some overlap with the defendant’s claims in her original motion. Although the claims raised appear to be equally meritless, the arguments pressed by the defendant appear to be fact and document intensive and thus the Government is not in a position to assess how much of the new material is truly duplicative. In addition to multiple citations to the trial transcript and trial exhibits, the amended motion cites approximately 50 exhibits (beyond those referenced in her original motion). Unfortunately, the defendant provided only approximately 33 exhibits to the Government. Based on a preliminary review, several of those 33 exhibits do not appear to correspond to the exhibits cited in the defendant’s amended motion." Filing on Patreon here. They asked for more time. On April 22 they got it: until May 19, with Maxwell's reply due June 9. Order and reasoning on Patreon here Inner City Press, with its Maximum Maxwell book restored here, will cover all ongoing 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)    Watch this site.   *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222 NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2025 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com