Ghislaine Maxwell breaks silence with bombshell claim after Trump closes Epstein case
President Donald Trump and his Attorney General Pam Bondi ar e facing MAGA mutiny amid claims they botched an investigation into Epstein's laundry list of crimes.
Epstein's right-hand woman is serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking offenses tied to the billionaire financier's crimes.
But Bondi maintains that after years of rampant speculation, there is no evidence Epstein ever held a 'client list' implicating high-profile associates.
Maxwell was convicted in 2021, two years after Epstein was found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for child sex offenses.
Her family now maintain 'our sister Ghislaine did not receive a fair trial', claiming prosecutors stopped at nothing to convict her due to the public's appetite for her to face justice on Epstein's behalf after his death.
According to the family's statement, Maxwell is prepared to 'file a writ of habeas corpus' which would 'allow her to challenge her imprisonment.'
This challenge would be 'on the basis of new evidence such as government misconduct that would have likely changed the trial's outcome.'
The family argue that Maxwell should have been protected under an agreement Epstein entered with the Department of Justice in 2007, in which they vowed not to prosecute any of his co-conspirators after he 'paid fines, paid "victims" millions of dollars and served 13 months in Prison.'
Counsel representing Maxwell, David Oscar Marcus, said: 'I'd be surprised if President Trump knew his lawyers were asking the Supreme Court to let the government break a deal.
'He's the ultimate dealmaker - and I'm sure he'd agree that when the United States gives its word, it should keep it.
'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 US government made and broke.'
The family said they 'profoundly concur' with Marcus' comments.
The controversial deal stated if 'Epstein successfully fulfills all of the terms and conditions of this agreement, the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to' four of Epstein's assistants.' This did not name Maxwell specifically.
But the 2007 deal applied only to the US Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida.
Prosecutors found a loophole in which they were able to target Maxwell in New York, which treats such agreements differently to the vast majority of American states.
'Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers are asking the Court to resolve this difference between the Districts,' a filing seen by DailyMail.com states.
The family wants Maxwell's sentence to be vacated and for her to be referred for resentencing, accusing the court of also 'applying an incorrect guideline range and offense level.'
The Maxwell family's comments come at a time of hightened interest in the case after Bondi's memo shut down long-held theories of an Epstein client list.
But Maxwell's brother Ian told The Spectator that she has always denied any such list existed, saying his family was not surprised by Bondi's admission.
'My sister has always maintained there was never such a thing. It never existed,' he said.
'If you prick a conspiracy the balloon goes down and people wonder why they've been fooled.'
He called out Elon Musk and other high-profile social media influencers for giving 'tremendous currency' to conspiracy theories about the list, ultimately giving it 'a life of its own' that was always going to become a thorn in Trump's side.
'They've reached the end of the road, it's finished, for what it's worth I think the President would be pleased they've concluded that,' he said.
MAGA loyalists had long theorized that Epstein did not kill himself in his cell, but this was also rubbished by Bondi's memo, in which she ruled out any foul play.
Maxwell (pictured with Prince Andrew and accuser Virginia Giuffre) was convicted in 2021 , two years after Epstein was found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for child sex offense
Ian Maxwell said he statement has not changed his sister's opinion. She has long believed he was murdered.
'I think there is more substance to different and opposing views, that he was murdered,' Ian said.
'That is, and remains, my sister's view for what it's worth.'
Ian said while 'people seem to think this involves som James Bond figure slipping into the prison' he suggested a separate theory entirely.
'It seems to preclude another way in which that may have happened - him actually paying someone in prison to kill him. Suicide by internal killing.'
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