BREAKING - Jeffrey Epstein's partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, wants her conviction overturned.
Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi says there was NO client list, NO files, so therefore, NO crime. And Ghislaine says, "Cool. So why am I being locked up for 20 years?"
NOT SO FAST, says Bondi - and her Department of Justice is now telling the Trump appointees on the Supreme Court to slap this down. NOW.
Newsweek reports that In April, Maxwell submitted a plea to the Supreme Court to overturn her conviction. She said she was covered by a non-prosecution agreement made between between JEFFREY EPSTEIN and the U.S. government in 2007 regarding his OTHER co-conspirators.
But the DOJ argued in a new filing that Maxwell was not a party to that agreement. Even though she was convicted for BEING a co-conspirator.
Apparently, to the DOJ, the term "co-conspirator" only applies to the pedophile rapists on the "Client List" - the one that no longer exists - excuse me, NEVER existed.
The filing by Bondi's DOJ reads "This systematic review revealed no incriminating 'client list.' There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."
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So Maxwell's lawyer, David Oscar Markus, is trying a new tactic.
Some might call it flattery. Some might call it VERY carefully worded extortion.
"I'd be surprised if President Trump knew his lawyers were asking the Supreme Court to let the government break a deal," Markus said, adding: "He's the ultimate dealmaker."
"I'm sure he'd agree that when the United States gives its word, it should keep it," he said. "With all the talk about who's being prosecuted and who isn't, it's especially unfair that Ghislaine Maxwell remains in prison based on a promise the government made and broke."
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Meanwhile, an anonymous source speaking to the Daily Mail says that Maxwell has expressed a willingness to testify before Congress about her experiences.
REALLY? BRING IT ON, says Roger Stone, the man Trump credits as his mentor and teacher (and whom he pardoned for pecadilloes of his own, 7 felony counts of obstruction, witness tampering, and lying to Congress, which spared him from a 40 month prison sentence.)
Stone expressed a threat of his own when he heard this.
"Personally, I like the news that Epstein's pimp Maxwell is ready to testify before Congress. Bill and Hillary [the Clintons] are going to be very embarrassed. She has nothing on Trump."
Hold on Roger. Pam Bondi says the Epstein Files don't even EXIST.
And aren't you LISTENING to your boy Donald? He says the Epstein Files DO exist, but that Hillary WROTE them. Of course, that begs the question, WHY would she put her husband Bill in it, if she WROTE it?
You people really need to get your stories straight.
And NEWS FLASH, Roger. Decent people do not approve of pedophile rapists. No matter WHO they are. They want to see even a PRESIDENT go to jail. It does not matter if he is DEMOCRAT or REPUBLICAN.
But then, NONE of you have a clue about what a decent person thinks, do you?
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Scams, cons, lies, conspiracy... the entire rethuglican play book.
You'd be surprised what decent people approve of when given plausible deniability AND a cloak of Gyges that renders them invisible.
Sounds familiar - like a titillating version of the TV soap opera 'As the World Turns' - which lasted daily for fifty some years. With any luck and rationality,
this version will end a circular firing squad.
"I'm sure he'd agree that when the United States gives its word, it should keep it," ... The Native Americans might take exception to that.
The United States broke every treaty it ever signed with the indigenous peoples of this land. Every last one them. Due to the colonial concept of Manifest Destiny. Ya see, the European white man saw themselves as superior to the native "savages" and entitled to take their land frpm them and destroy their culture in the process.
Had they really had their way they would have wiped them from the face of the earth. The great Christian White immigrants from Europe, doing what they did best during that era. Forcibly imposing their will upon all they put in their sights.
When the Republicans clawed back monies already approved for Public Radio and TV they opened a new era of congressional bargaining. Of what use is the reconciliation and budget review process if the next administration can just say 'psych!' and pull out of what was previously approved? Especially as it pertains to the safety of our fellow citizens?
It is, to be fair and as others have noted, on brand for the US Government. We've never met a treaty we didn't trash as soon as (or before) the ink was dry. ex. every treaty ever signed with all the First Nations, Paris Accord, Iran, etc.
I don't trust us and I love this country. I also know that when you know better you are supposed to do better, but there I go again, being all liberal about needing those in power to keep their promises.
Added note - the GOP just shut down the Democratic Parties attempt to get the Epstein files released. For a group of people who A. say they don't exist and B. There's Democrats on the list or they wrote them - that part is getting muddled, they sure are turning themselves into pretzels to protect those who prey on children. Shouldn't they be all about transparency since the pedo label is what the GOP has tried to pin on the LGBTQIA+ community for decades? Perhaps they protest TOO much, amirite?
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