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Fox News
a day ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Epstein's former lawyer: Ghislaine Maxwell should get immunity in exchange for secrets
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988. Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer has suggested that the sex-trafficking financier's only convicted accomplice should be granted immunity from further prosecution in exchange for coming clean in front of Congress. Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, is the only associate held criminally or civilly liable in connection with the allegations against Epstein. In 2016, she sat for a deposition in a civil lawsuit, in which she denied recollection of nearly two dozen flights on Epstein's private jet with an underage Virginia Giuffre, who would go on to become the trafficking duo's most outspoken accuser. Epstein's flight logs showed Giuffre and Maxwell on the plane at the same time 23 times before she turned 18, Fox News Digital reported previously. Giuffre died of suicide earlier this year. "[Maxwell] knows everything," Alan Dershowitz, a former attorney for Epstein, told Fox News' Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday." "She is the Rosetta Stone." An unidentified friend of Maxwell's said in a recent interview with the Daily Mail that she would be open to testifying before Congress. Maxwell's attorney declined to confirm or deny the reporting. "If she were just given use immunity, she could be compelled to testify," Dershowitz said. "I'm told that she actually would be willing to testify, and there'd be no reason for her to withhold any information. So I don't see any negative in giving her the kind of use immunity that would compel her to testify. So she ought to be summoned in front of a congressional committee." The comments come days after federal authorities said they would ask a federal judge to unseal secret grand jury materials in an attempt to shed more light on Epstein's criminal enterprise. Dershowitz, however, warned that most of the material of interest to the public is not in the grand jury materials, but in sealed court documents, some of which he has already seen. He cautioned, however, that not all the allegations leveled at people in Epstein's orbit would be credible. "As long as there's nothing redacted about the accuser's lack of credibility, then the public has the right to make its own decision," he said. "Just because somebody's name is mentioned doesn't really mean very much." Under federal law, use of immunity is a legal protection that prevents a witness' testimony or any evidence drawn from it from being used to prosecute them criminally, so long as they tell the truth. In 2021, more than two years after Epstein's death in custody while awaiting his own trial, Maxwell was convicted of helping him traffic teen girls. She received a 20-year sentence and has appealed her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. "She arranged every single trip with everybody," Dershowitz said. "She knows everything."
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Trump and Epstein's former lawyer reveals astonishing plot to shut down 'client list' fury and FREE Ghislaine Maxwell from prison
Jeffrey Epstein 's former lawyer called for Ghislaine Maxwell to be freed from jail and compelled to testify at Congress in a bid to finally dispel the conspiracy theories about a 'client list' plaguing the White House once and for all. Alan Dershowitz, who also represented Donald Trump, told Newsmax that Maxwell should have her 20 year sentence commuted and appear on Capitol Hill to reveal everything she knows. It comes as Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to release more of the Epstein files related to grand jury testimony about the case, pending court approval. His order was handed down following backlash to the Department of Justice's announcement that it is closing its investigation, without any further arrests or bringing to light the so-called client list many believe exists. The decision caused uproar among MAGA loyalists, who were hoping any such list would identify figures involved in Epstein's sex trafficking ring. Scrutiny in the case ramped up even further this week, after the Wall Street Journal ran a story claiming the president sent Epstein a 'bawdy' birthday message in 2003. Dershowitz has previously quashed claims that his client ever kept a list and suggested that the latest tranche of documents due to be unsealed is unlikely to contain any bombshells. 'Ghislaine Maxwell is basically serving the sentence that Epstein would have gotten,' said Dershowitz. 'She should never be in jail for 20 years. What should happen is that she should be freed. 'She should have her sentence commuted. She should then be called in front of Congress, have Congress give her total immunity, and then she can tell everything.' Maxwell has expressed a willingness to testify, according to Dershowitz. She was convicted of aiding Epstein in procuring underage girls for sex in 2022 and is currently serving time in a Florida jail. Maxwell is appealing her conviction on the grounds that a 2007 non-prosecution Epstein made in relation to a solicitation of a minor charge in Florida bars her from being prosecuted in New York. 'She knows everything,' Dershowitz told Fox. 'She is the Rosetta Stone. She knows everything. She arranged every single trip with everybody. 'She knows everything. And if she were just given use immunity, she could be compelled to testify. 'I'm told that she actually would be willing to testify. And there'd be no reason for her to withhold any information.' Epstein died by suicide in a New York prison cell while awaiting trial for charges linked to the sex trafficking ring in 2019. Conspiracy theorists have long posited that there was more to his death. Dershowitz told Fox the documents of note are 'sealed records by two or three federal judges in the New York courts'. 'The information that hasn't been requested is going to be far more informative and far more relevant than the grand jury information,' Dershowitz said. 'Grand jury information is narrowly tailored by prosecutors only to provide sufficient evidence to result in an indictment.' The DOJ released 11 hours of footage in a bid to try and stamp out the rumors for good. But sleuths were quick to point out that parts seemed to be missing and that the view of Epstein's cell was obscured. The clip secured from a camera stationed outside Epstein's cell was also found to be 'likely modified' using the professional video editing software Adobe Premiere Pro, according to the analysis from Wired. The doubt stemmed from the 'raw' released footage's timestamp, which jumps ahead one minute at midnight on August 10. The jump is present in the original clip as well an enhanced version released by the FBI. Bondi tried to explain away the missing minute of footage as part of a routine reset that takes place at the center every night, claiming: '[E]very night the video is reset, and every night should have the same minute missing.' Bondi also said the Justice Department was looking to publish additional footage to prove it was part of a regular reset undertaken at the prison and not an elaborate coverup. Many of the Epstein conspiracies have been touted by figures within the Trump administration. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino previously stated there is 'credible evidence' of a 'multitude of tapes' existed showing Epstein and associates committing child abuse, a claim which was echoed by Bondi. The Attorney General further fanned the flames of speculation by claiming the Epstein list was 'sitting on [her] desk right now' ready for review. However, The DOJ and FBI have since released a joint review concluding that Epstein had 'no incriminating client list' that could implicate high-profile associates. Despite previously vowing to disclose the Epstein files, Trump is now trying to downplay them as 'boring stuff' and claims he 'doesn't understand why' there is demand for their release. The president said he parted ways with Epstein before the financier's legal troubles became public in 2006 and categorically denied the Wall Street Journal's report about the birthday note. He revealed he is suing the outlet and owner Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion over claims of libel. This letter, which the newspaper did not publish but only described, was said to contain, 'several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker'. According to the WSJ: 'A pair of small arcs denotes the woman's breasts, and the future president's signature is a squiggly "Donald" below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.' He told the newspaper: 'This is not me. This is a fake thing. It's a fake Wall Street Journal story. 'I never wrote a picture in my life. I don't draw pictures of women. It's not my language. It's not my words.' Meanwhile, Maxwell's former prison dorm mate shared her chilling fears for the felon's fate, revealing just how firmly some of the theories about Epstein's death are held. Jessica Watkins, a transgender veteran who was serving time for the January 6 riots before receiving a pardon by Donald Trump, suggested 63-year-old Maxwell could meet the same fate as Epstein, who was found dead in his prison cell. 'Just putting this out there: I know Ghislaine Maxwell personally when I was in prison with her. She isn't suicidal in the least,' Watkins posted on X. There are also virtually no working cameras in FCI Tallahassee,' she added in an apparent reference to the suspicious coincidences around Epstein's death, which was ruled a suicide. Watkins claimed that only 'maybe ten' cameras in the 'entire' prison were present or working. 'Just getting ahead of potential narratives,' Watkins said. Watkins said that should Maxwell ' would not [be] by her own hand.' 'She also doesn't do drugs, is in good health, and works out everyday, so no "old age" or "natural causes" arguments will work either,' Watkins wrote.
Japan Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Japan Times
Former Epstein lawyer calls for release of additional materials
One of Jeffrey Epstein's former attorneys on Sunday called on the U.S. Justice Department to release additional investigative records from its sex-trafficking investigation, and urged the government to grant Epstein's former girlfriend immunity so that she can testify about his crimes. In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Alan Dershowitz said the grand jury transcripts that Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday asked a federal judge to unseal would not contain the types of information being sought by President Donald Trump's supporters, such as the names of Epstein's clientele. "I think the judge should release it, but they are not in the grand jury transcripts," Dershowitz said on Fox. "I've seen some of these materials. For example, there is an FBI report of interviews with alleged victims in which at least one of the victims names very important people," he said, adding that those names have been redacted.
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Politics
- News.com.au
US politics live: Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer says co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is the key, and ‘knows everything'
Welcome to another week of politics in the United States. This one promises to be as dramatic as ever. President Donald Trump is still seeking to shift Americans' focus away from the Jeffrey Epstein case. To that end, the Department of Justice has now moved to release grand jury testimony from the prosecutions of both Epstein and his chief co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Mr Trump hopes that will mollify his supporters. However, even if the courts decide that information can be released, it will only represent a small fraction of the so-called 'Epstein files', as high profile lawyer Alan Dershowitz pointed out today. 'Grand jury information is narrowly tailored by prosecutors only to provide sufficient evidence to result in an indictment,' Mr Dershowitz, who represented Epstein in the past, told Fox News Sunday. 'What's much, much more important is discovery information, depositions and other things that came out of the Ghislaine Maxwell case, (and) that came out of other cases that were pending in front of federal judges. 'All of that should be revealed as well.' He cited the case of Britain's Prince Andrew as an example. And Mr Dershowitz said Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for her part in Epstein's sex trafficking crimes, was 'the Rosetta Stone'. 'She arranged every single trip with everybody. She knows everything,' he said, suggesting Maxwell could testify before Congress. Mr Trump has been on something of a social media spree today. In one post, he claimed the Epstein controversy had actually helped his approval ratings, particularly among Republican voters. 'My Poll Numbers within the Republican Party, and MAGA, have gone up, significantly, since the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax was exposed by the Radical Left Democrats and, just plain 'troublemakers',' he said. 'They have hit 90 per cent, 92 per cent, 93 per cent, and 95 per cent, in various polls, and are all Republican Party records. The General Election numbers are my highest, EVER!' The President did not cite any specific poll. Mr Trump has also been returning to a few of his past hits in the culture wars. For example, he's called for NFL franchise the Washington Commanders and baseball team the Cleveland Guardians to change their names back to the Redskins and Indians, respectively. Both franchises previously changed their names because of concerns they were insensitive towards Native Americans. 'My statement on the Washington Redskins has totally blown up, but only in a very positive way,' said Mr Trump. 'I may put a restriction on them if they don't change the name back to the original 'Washington Redskins' and get rid of the ridiculous moniker 'Washington Commanders'. I won't make a deal for them to build a stadium in Washington. 'Cleveland should do the same with the Cleveland Indians.' On a more substantive matter, the White House is reportedly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. One Trump official, who was not named, told Axios that Mr Netanyahu has been acting 'like a madman' and 'bombs everything all the time'. 'Netanyahu is sometimes like a child who just won't behave,' another official said. Slightly patronising, you might say.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Alan Dershowitz also said the convicted sex trafficker should be granted immunity to speak about her relationship with Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein's former lawyer thinks Ghislaine Maxwell should have her 20-year prison sentence commuted—and be given immunity to testify before Congress about the late financier. 'Ghislaine Maxwell is basically serving the sentence that Epstein would have gotten,' lawyer Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax's Sunday Agenda on Sunday. 'She should never be in jail for 20 years. What should happen is, she should be free,' Dershowitz continued. 'She should have her sentence commuted. She should then be called in front of Congress. Have Congress give her total immunity, and then she can tell everything she knows.'
