Ghislaine
Maxwell Sex Trafficking Case Will Be
Delayed As Parties Confer May 10 For Date
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 3 – Ghislaine Maxwell,
charged with sex trafficking
and false statements in a
second superseding indictment,
has requested an in-person
arraignment citing previous
press coverage and
debacles(s).
Inner City
Press on April 2 requested
audio and video access for the
arraignment on April 23. Inner
City Press live tweeted it here
and below.
On May 3, Judge
Nathan ordered "ORDER as to
Ghislaine Maxwell: The Court
concludes that the interests
of justice justify granting a
short continuance. The Court
deems an adjournment until
fall 2021 to be reasonable.
Such an adjournment would
plainly give the defense team
sufficient time to prepare for
trial in light of the
additional charges contained
in the S2 indictment while
also ensuring that the trial
proceeds without undue delay.
No additional delay is
necessary or in the interests
of justice. The parties are
hereby ORDERED to meet and
confer and by May 10, 2021,
they shall jointly propose a
trial start date for the Court
to request of the Clerk's
Office (as is required by
COVID protocols). The Court
urges counsel to agree to the
earliest possible date this
fall and to seek adjustments
to other schedules in order to
facilitate an early fall trial
start date. The parties shall
also discuss and propose any
adjustments necessary to the
pre-trial schedule in place.
Dkt. No. 250. The Government
may move in the letter for any
requested exclusion of time
under the Speedy Trial Act.
(Signed by Judge Alison J.
Nathan on 5/3/2021)."
On April
30, two more letters went into
the docket: the MDC's, and
Maxwell's counsel's. The MDC
wrote, on delay: "At no point
during or after Ms. Maxwell’s
April 24, 2021, legal visit
were any materials seized and
retained by MDC Brooklyn
staff. Those materials that
defense counsel gave to Ms.
Maxwell contrary to MDC
Brooklyn’s legal visit
procedures were confiscated by
staff and return to
defense counsel on April 25,
2021. In addition, none of Ms.
Maxwell’s legal materials,
including those items given to
her during the April 24, 2021,
legal visit, were photocopied.
Supervisory staff discussed
the incident with the staff
involved and reviewed video
surveillance footage. Ms.
Maxwell may bring any legal
materials she wishes to carry
from her housing area to her
in-person legal meetings with
defense counsel. Pursuant to
Institutional Supplement
BRO5267.09A, Inmate Visiting
Correctional Services, an
inmate’s legal material are
visually inspected for
contraband by the Visiting
Room Officer. To ensure
inmates do not bring
unauthorized materials into
the institution, inmates are
only allowed to remove those
legal materials they brought
to the legal visit. All legal
visits are subject to visual
monitoring only. In addition
to in-person legal visits, Ms.
Maxwell may request
unmonitored legal calls
through Unit Team and she
meets with defense counsel via
video-teleconferences Monday
through Friday for five (5)
hours per day in a private
room subject to visual
supervision. MDC Brooklyn will
continue to abide by said
procedures to ensure
attorney-client communications
remain confidential." Letter
on Patreon here.
Then
Maxwell's lawyer asked that
two more hard drives be given
to her, "in a more
user-friendly format." And
other inmates? Watch this
site.
On the afternoon
of April 29, Maxwell
complained that "Contrary to
the report that Ms. Maxwell
“wears an eye mask when she
sleeps” (Dkt. 196 at 4),
an item neither available for
purchase through MDC
commissary nor provided to
her, she resorts to
using a sock or towel to cover
her eyes in an awkward attempt
to shield them from
disrupting illumination every
15 minutes. Last night, she
was confronted by MDC staff
due a visible bruise
over her left eye. The “black
eye” is depicted in Exhibit B.
Despite 24/7 camera
surveillance (except when
guards elect to exert
authority in an intimidating
way off-camera, as they
did in Saturday’s bathroom
incident), no guard addressed
the bruise until Ms. Maxwell,
who has no mirror,
caught a reflection of her
aching eye in the glean of a
nail clipper. At that point,
MDC staff confronted Ms.
Maxwell regarding the source
of the bruise, threatening to
place her in the SHU if
she did not reveal how she got
it." Full letter on Patreon here.
Now, this order:
"MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to
Ghislaine Maxwell on re: [256]
During oral argument of
Ghislaine Maxwells bail appeal
before the Circuit, Ms.
Maxwell's appellate counsel
expressed concern that she was
improperly deprived of sleep
while detained in the MDC, an
issue that has been raised in
filings before this Court. we
ask the Court to address Ms.
Maxwell's sleeping conditions
by directing the MDC to cease
15-minute light surveillance
of Ms. Maxwell or justify the
need for the disruptive
flashlight
surveillance..ENDORSEMENT...By
May 5, 2021, the Government is
ORDERED to confer with MDC
legal counsel and provide the
Court responses to the
following questions: Is Ms.
Maxwell being subjected to
flashlight surveillance every
15 minutes at night? Or any
other atypical flashlight
surveillance? If so, what is
the basis for doing so? 3. And
if so, can she be provided
with appropriate eye covering?
The Government is further
ORDERED to share its response
with defense counsel before
filing it on ECF so that
defense counsel can indicate
whether they believe any
private medical information
needs to be redacted before
public filing (Signed by Judge
Alison J. Nathan on 4/29/21)."
On April 27, the
2d Circuit panel which heard
Maxwell's appeal of detention
on April 26 has ruled against
her: "Defendant-Appellant
Ghislaine Maxwell appeals from
orders of the District Court
entered December 28, 2020 and
March 22, 2021, which denied
her renewed requests for bail
pending trial. See Dkts. 1,
20. Upon due consideration, it
is hereby ORDERED that the
District Court’s orders are
AFFIRMED and that Appellant’s
motion for bail, or in the
alternative, temporary
pretrial release pursuant to
18 U.S.C. § 3142(i), Dkt. 39,
is DENIED. During oral
argument, counsel for
Appellant expressed concern
that Appellant was improperly
being deprived of sleep while
incarcerated. To the extent
Appellant seeks relief
specific to her sleeping
conditions, such request
should be addressed to the
District Court."
Earlier on April
26, Maxwell had her appeal of
detention heard by a three
judge panel of the Second
Circuit Court of Appeal, which
reserved decision (they will
announce their decision
later). Inner City Press
covered it, on this
site.
Back on April 23,
Maxwell asked to delay her sex
trafficking trial to November
8, or late January 2022:
"Defense counsel Bobbi
Sternheim and AUSA Lara
Pomerantz are scheduled to
begin the trial of on October
4, 2021. The trial involves
three defendants, two of whom
are currently serving federal
sentence, six charged and two
dozen uncharged murders. The
government has estimated 6-8
weeks of trial, but because
the trial is subject to
special protocols for jury
selection during COVID, and
the defendants and most of the
witnesses are Spanish speakers
and require the assistance of
interpreters, counsel believes
that the trial may extend
beyond eight (8) weeks and, if
not moved, could extend until
January 2022. All defense
counsel but one in are
amenable to a postponement;
the remaining cocounsel cannot
commit due to a late January
trial date also before Judge
Furman, which may resolve
pre-trial. If Judge Furman is
amenable to pushing the
October 4 trial to follow this
trial, Ms. Maxwell’s trial
could begin November 8, 2021."
Full letter on Patreon here.
This while
Maxwell's appeal of detention
is set to be heard by the
Second Circuit Court of
Appeals on April 26. Watch
this site.
While it's 13
minutes until arraignment,
Maxwell's lawyers have gone
into the cell block to the
side of the courtroom, to meet
with her. U.S. Marshals
prepare two chairs to set
behind her when she'd brought
in
Drum roll: Three
US Attorney's Office
prosecutors in the front
tables, two defense lawyers at
the second table with a seat
between them for Maxwell.
And here she is:
Ghislaine Maxwell in a light
blue prison shirt and black
face mask, sipping water
Ghislaine
Maxwell picks up a handset to
speak with her lawyer as if by
phone - sitting six (maybe
four) feet away. COVID
restrictions.
For those
asking, Ghislaine Maxwell's
hair is longer than when last
she was seen. The courtroom
deputy is preparing the bench
for Judge Nathan. Two minutes
later so far, but who's
counting
Maxwell and
her lawyer are having another
side by side phone call.
Arraignments are usually
tightly choreographed rituals.
Hard to imagine what's still
undecided at this point.
All rise! Judge
Alison J. Nathan: "You may
call the case." US v.
Ghislaine Maxwell, 20-cr-330.
Speaking for the government...
Maurene Comey.Judge Nathan
reads the script of new Rule
5f, Due Process Protection
Act. Preliminaries almost
over.
Judge Nathan: Ms
Maxwell, have you received a
copy of the indictment?
Maxwell: I have, your Honor.
Defense lawyer: Not guilty.
Judge
Nathan: There are requests to
postpone the trial to later in
the year. I am looking into it
and will decide soon. But for
now, assume July 12. I see the
government agreed to make
expert disclosures today. I'm
fine with that.
AUSA Comey:
Nothing more from the
government. Maxwell's lawyer:
May I have a moment? Now 2d
lawyer: On the motion in
limine schedule, it is
dependent on the various
disclosure dates that the
defense has requested. Judge
Nathan: You're seeking 4
weeks? A: Yes.
AUSA Comey:
Assuming the trial goes
forward July 12, we propose to
disclose 45 days before that.
Judge Nathan: How about 7
weeks?
AUSA Comey: We
want to be thorough. Judge
Nathan: I'm thinking of
splitting the difference.
Assuming July 12, this is the
schedule.
AUSA
Comey: We would make a
first production 7 weeks out.
But there may be some after,
and supplemental motions.
Judge Nathan: OK, we're
adjourned. That's it.
Update 1: at 2:50
pm, Ghislaine Maxwell has
already been taken out of the
courtroom by the
Marshals.
Update 2: David
Boies just spoke to us
reported by the elevators on
24th floor. After some
comments on severing perjury
from sex trafficking, he said
Ghislaine Maxwell looked
better than she had on the
Zoom call (that the press and
public didn't see). Now
outside
On April 20,
Judge Nathan issued an order
asking for submission on
whether the trial will go
forward on July 12, or later:
"ORDER as to Ghislaine
Maxwell: the Court hereby
ORDERS counsel for the
Defendant to file written
answers to the following
specific questions by 12:00
p.m. on Thursday, April 22,
2021: 1. Does defense counsel
continue to seek an
adjournment of the July 12th
start date for trial on the
non-perjury counts? 2. If the
answer to question 1 is yes,
what is the specific request
being made as to length of
adjournment? In particular, is
the request for a 90-day
adjournment? An adjournment
until January 2022? Or
something else? The Court
requires a specific request be
made and justified or it will
not be considered. If Maxwell
continues to seek an
adjournment, the Government
may submit any response by
5:00 pm on April 22, 2021. The
Court will consider the
submissions and resolve
expeditiously. As noted,
however, unless and until an
adjournment is specifically
requested and granted, the
parties shall assume that the
Court will request a jury
selection date as close to
July 12th as possible and
shall plan accordingly. SO
ORDERED. (Signed by Judge
Alison J. Nathan on
4/20/2021)."
Meanwhile,
in the run-up to April 23's
arraignment, there are
questions about Maxwell's 5:15
am entries into the courthouse
to review discovery, and Press
arraignments for April 23.
On April 19,
this: "ORDER as to Ghislaine
Maxwell: An arraignment on the
S2 Superseding Indictment is
scheduled to take place on
April 23, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.
The proceeding will take place
in Courtroom 24B of the Daniel
Patrick Moynihan Courthouse,
500 Pearl Street, New York,
NY. Given significant public
interest, a video feed of the
proceeding will be available
for viewing in the Jury
Assembly Room and Courtroom 9C
at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Courthouse. The use of any
electronic devices during the
proceeding in either the
Courtroom or the overflow
rooms is strictly prohibited.
SO ORDERED. (Arraignment set
for 4/23/2021 at 02:30 PM in
Courtroom 24B, 500 Pearl
Street, New York, NY 10007
before Judge Alison J. Nathan)
(Signed by Judge Alison J.
Nathan on 4/19/2021)."
In the
Order: "In order to ensure
additional public access, the
Court will also open a public
teleconference line so that
members of the public may
listen to the audio of the
proceeding. Members of the
public may call into the
public teleconference line by
dialing 844-291-6362 and
entering access code 2921822.
This phone line can
accommodate approximately
4,000 callers on a first come,
first serve basis. Any
photographing, recording, or
rebroadcasting of federal
court proceedings is
prohibited by law. Violation
of these prohibitions may
result in fines or sanctions,
including being held in
contempt of court, removal of
court issued media
credentials, restricted entry
to future hearings, denial of
entry to future hearings, or
any other sanctions deemed
necessary by the Court."
Back April 16,
perjury was severed: "OPINION
& ORDER as to Ghislaine
Maxwell. In June 2020, a grand
jury returned a six-count
indictment charging Ghislaine
Maxwell with facilitating the
late financier Jeffrey
Epstein's sexual abuse of
minor victims from around 1994
to 1997. The Government filed
a first (S1) superseding
indictment shortly thereafter,
which contained only small,
ministerial corrections. The
S1 superseding indictment
included two counts of
enticement or transportation
of minors to engage in illegal
sex acts in violation of the
Mann Act and two counts of
conspiracy to commit those
offenses. It also included two
counts of perjury in
connection with Maxwell's
testimony in a civil
deposition. Trial is set to
begin on July 12, 2021.
Maxwell filed twelve pretrial
motions seeking to dismiss
portions of the S1 superseding
indictment, suppress evidence,
and compel discovery. After
the parties fully briefed
those motions, a grand jury
returned a second (S2)
superseding indictment adding
a sex trafficking count and
another related conspiracy
count. This Opinion resolves
all of Maxwell's currently
pending pretrial motions other
than those seeking to suppress
evidence, which the Court will
resolve in due course. The
motions, and this Opinion,
deal exclusively with the S1
superseding indictment and do
not resolve any issues related
to the newly added sex
trafficking charges. For the
reasons that follow, the Court
denies Maxwell's motions to
dismiss the S1 superseding
indictment in whole or in
part. It grants her motion to
sever the perjury charges for
a separate trial. It denies
her motion to further expedite
discovery.... The Court DENIES
Maxwell's motions to dismiss
the indictment as barred by
Epstein's non-prosecution
agreement (Dkt. No. 141), to
dismiss the Mann Act counts as
barred by the statute of
limitations (Dkt. No. 143), to
dismiss the indictment for
pre-indictment delay (Dkt. No.
137), to dismiss the Mann Act
counts for lack of specificity
(Dkt. No. 123), to dismiss the
perjury counts as legally
untenable (Dkt. No. 135), to
strike surplusage (Dkt. No.
145), to dismiss count one or
count three as multiplicitous
(Dkt. No. 121), and to
expedite pretrial disclosures
(Dkt. No. 147). The Court
GRANTS Maxwell's motion to
sever the perjury counts for a
separate trial (Dkt. No. 119).
The Court ORDERS the
Government to confirm within
one week whether it considers
any evidence related to
negotiation of the
non-prosecution agreement to
constitute Brady or Rule 16
material and, if so, to
confirm that it has or will
disclose such evidence. The
Court further ORDERS the
parties to negotiate a final
schedule for all pretrial
disclosures that remain
outstanding, including: Brady,
Giglio, and Jenks Act
materials, including
co-conspirator statements;
non-testifying witness
statements; testifying witness
statements; the identity of
victims alleged in the
indictment; 404(b) material;
and the Government's witness
list. The Court also requires
the parties to negotiate a
schedule for any additional or
supplemental motions briefing
in light of the S2 indictment.
The Court ORDERS a joint
proposal to be submitted by
April 21, 2021. If agreement
is not reached, the parties
shall submit their respective
proposals. The Court further
ORDERS Maxwell to show cause
by April 21, 2021 why her
motion to dismiss the S1
superseding indictment under
the Sixth Amendment (Dkt. No.
125) should not be denied as
moot. SO ORDERED. (Signed by
Judge Alison J. Nathan on
4/16/2021)."
On April 5,
Maxwell asked to move it to
April 23 - so that that family
members can travel to the
in-person proceeding. While
awaiting docketing and ruling
of Inner City Press'
application for audio and
visual access, these family
members could, of course, call
in.
And now on April
8, Judge Nathan has issued an
order, making it clear that
there WILL be an audio call-in
line: "ORDER as to Ghislaine
Maxwell: The Defendant's
request to adjourn the
arraignment on the S2
Superseding Indictment is
GRANTED. Dkt. No. 194. The
arraignment is RE-SCHEDULED to
occur on April 23, 2021 at
2:30 p.m. It will take place
at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street,
Courtroom 24B, New York, NY
10007. It is ORDERED that the
parties ensure that all
participants comply with the
Southern District of New Yorks
COVID-19-related orders that
govern entry into and behavior
within SDNY courthouses. Court
staff are working on the
logistical arrangements
related to public access
(including a public dial-in
number), and as soon as that
information is available it
will be provided in a public
order. SO ORDERED."
Maxwell's counsel
wrote: "At present, counsel
for Ms. Maxwell has a conflict
on April 16, 2021 in Colorado
due to a
currently-scheduled hearing
that day. Additionally, other
members of Ms. Maxwell’s
defense team have previously
scheduled a review of the
physical evidence the weeks of
April 12 and 19th in the
courthouse and would prefer to
complete that review prior to
the arraignment.
Counsel appreciates that an
in-person arraignment requires
some logistical arrangements
which may be accommodated by
the requested date. Further,
the extra time will
permit Ms. Maxwell’s family
members to adjust their
schedules and make travel
arrangements to attend the
court proceedings. Ms.
Maxwell respectfully requests
that the Court hold the
arraignment on the S2
Indictment on April 23, 2021."
Now on April 6
the prosecutors have filed
their update on conditions at
the MDC, including stating
that Maxwell herself deleted
some of her emails, and now
weighs 137.5 pounds. Six page
letter on Patreon, here.
The formal
request for press and public
access to the arraignment has
yet to be docketed, much less
responded to. Watch this site.
On March
29 Maxwell was named in a
superseding indictment adding
new counts, more time, and
Minor Victim-4. The US
Attorney's Office pointed out
that while Maxwell complained
the that White Plains grand
jury previously used might be
legally suspect, this was
returned by a grand jury in
Manhattan, 40 Foley Square.
On March 31,
Maxwell's lawyers wrote to
Judge Nathan to call the new
indictment "gamesmanship,"
saying that "adding charges
that were never launched
against Jeffrey Epstein based
on evidence that was in the
government's possession for
years is shocking, unfair and
an abuse of power."
Maxwell
wants an in-person
arraignment, "in light of
media coverage." Full letter
on Patreon here.
On April 2, near
5 pm, Judge Nathan issued
this: "ORDER as to Ghislaine
Maxwell. An arraignment on the
S2 Superseding Indictment and
a status conference is hereby
tentatively scheduled for
April 16, 2021. As requested
by the Defendant, the
proceeding will take place in
person. The Court is making
logistical arrangements and
will provide more information
when it is available. The
Government is ORDERED to
respond to the issues raised
in the Defendants March 31,
2021 letter, Dkt. No. 192, by
April 9, 2021."
Before 6
pm on April 2, Inner City
Press filed this: "Dear Judge
Nathan:
On behalf of Inner City Press
and in my personal capacity, I
have been covering the
above-captioned case. This
concerns press and public
access to the arraignment on
the second superseding
indictment, tentatively
scheduled for April 16,
2021.
Defense counsel requested an
in-person arraignment "most
especially in light of media
coverage." (Docket No. 192).
Inner City Press is concerned
that, despite the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic and
court-entry and social
distancing rules in place,
access to this criminal
proceeding will be
limited. This is an
application that the
arraignment include not only a
video feed to an overflow
courtroom in the SDNY complex
and its Press Room, but also a
listen-only call in line such
as exists for those in person
criminal proceedings which are
resumed in SDNY, for example
Judge Rakoff's trial in US v.
Weigand, 20-cr-188 (JSR)
-- regarding which, see Judge
Rakoff's transparency order:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20536946-rakofforderonmrlicp
The First Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution guarantees
to the public a right of
access to court proceedings.
U.S. CONST. AMEND. I; Globe
Newspaper Co. v. Superior
Court, 457 U.S. 596, 603
(1982). The public’s right of
access is strongest when it
comes to criminal proceedings
such as these, which are
matters of the “high[est]
concern and importance to the
people.” Richmond Newspapers,
Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S.
555, 575 (1980) (plurality
opinion).
Clearly, this long-standing
right has to be affirmed
differently in this time of
COVID-19, in which recent
in-person proceedings such as
US v. Weigard case issues of
jurors' COVID tests and status
were issues, and listen-only
audio lines were provided. In
this context, even an
additional overflow room in
the courthouse is not enough.
In NYC, even with vaccine
eligibility offered to those
30 years old and up, "no first
shot appointments" remains the
most common message on the
City's
website.
To address the defendant's
counsel allusion to a
"debacle" (left undefined) in
the related civil case before
Judge Preska: that some
individual, of the many
interested this case may have
recorded and republished
online some of the audio
should not eviscerate the
right of access of all. Beyond
being akin to collective
punishment, it may be
important to consider the
possibility that a supporter
of the defendant could just as
easily participate in a
debacle in order to help the
defendant try to take the
criminal proceeding
private. By analogy,
what if the Proud Boys or Oath
Keepers uploaded audio of the
detention proceedings now in
the District for the District
of Columbia, so that fewer
(including Inner City Press)
could call in and learn and
report on what is said in
these judicial proceedings?
Those proceeding are all
available by listen-only audio
call in line, and so should be
all proceeding in this
case.
This is a formal application
that a call-in line for these
proceedings be provided, as
well as a video feed." Watch
this site.
On March 22,
Maxwell's third application to
be freed on bail was denied:
"the Court concludes that none
of the Defendant’s new
arguments and proposals
disturb its conclusion that
the Defendant poses a risk of
flight and that there are no
combination of conditions that
can reasonably assure her
appearance. Thus, for
substantially the same reasons
that the Court denied the
Defendant’s first and second
motions for release, the Court
DENIES the Defendant’s third
motion for release on bail."
Full order on Inner City
Press' DocumentCloud, here.
From
the March 1,
2018 UN
transcript, four
months before
Guterres has
Inner City Press
physically ousted
from the UN:
Inner City
Press: I also
wanted to ask
you about UNEP
(United Nations
Environment
Programme).
Whistleblowers
there have
alleged a number
of
irregularities,
but the one that
caught my eye
and I've
published has to
do with the
allegation is
that UNEP, which
claims under Mr.
[Erik] Solheim
to have a number
of corporate
partnerships is,
in fact, in some
cases paying the
corporation for
the
partnership.
I.e., it's not a
partnership
like, you know,
Barcelona
Football Club
with UNICEF,
where they
pay. In
this case,
they're alleged
that, under Mr.
Solheim, the UN
Environment, as
it's now called,
is paying
$500,000 to
Volvo Ocean
Races. And
I wanted to know
is it… one, I
don't know if
it's true, but
they work there
and they have a
lot of names and
a lot of
information.
Spokesman:
I think you can
ask those
questions
directly of
UNEP. I
have no doubt
that Mr. Solheim
is operating and
running the
agency in
accordance to
all relevant
rules and
regulations."
Right.
Here's
from the letter:
"Dear Mr.
Solheim...
a D1, Lisa
Svensson can
work from
Europe, because
for personal
reasons she does
not wish to work
in
Nairobi.
Her big office
in Nairobi
remains vacant
with her name
and
organisational
equipment while
the same has to
be provided
again by another
office in
Europe.
She leads the
marine team
remotely as the
rest of the
staff under her
responsibility
are in Nairobi.
As
Inner City Press first
reported, long time UN
operative Amir Dossal, UNSG
Antonio Guterres' chief
Partnerships official who was
also his link to UN bribers
like Ng Lap Seng and Patrick
Ho of CEFC China Energy, was
on the board of directors of
Maxwell's shadowy Terramar.
Inner City Press first made
this link & published the
990. And here
is Dossal introducing Maxwell
as one of her nine visits to
the UN, here.
After the death of Jeffrey
Epstein in the MCC prison, on
July 2 Acting US Attorney for
the SDNY Audrey Strauss
announced and unsealed in
indictment of Maxwell on
charges including sex
trafficking and perjury.
Inner City Press went to her
press conference at the US
Attorney's Office and asked,
Doesn't charging Maxwell with
perjury undercut any ability
to use testimony from her
against other, bigger
wrong-doers? Periscope here
at 23:07.
Strauss
replied that it is not
impossible to use a perjurer's
testimony. But how often does
it work?
At 3:30 pm
on July 2 Maxwell appeared in
the U.S. District Court for
the District of New Hampsire,
before Magistriate Judge Andrea
K. Johnstone.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it
here.
(Also
live tweeted
bail denial of
July 14, here.)
In
the July 3 media coverage of
Maxwell, media all of the
world used a video and stills
from it of Maxwell speaking in
front of a blue curtain, like
here.
What they
did not mention is something
Inner City Press has been
asking the UN about, as under
UNSG Antonio Guterres with his
own sexual exploitation issues
(exclusive video
and audio)
it got roughed up and banned
from the UN: Ghislaine Maxwell
had a ghoulish United Nations
press conference, under the
banner of the "Terramar
Project," here.
On July 5,
after some crowd-sourcing,
Inner City Press reported on
another Ghislaine Maxwell use
of the United Nations,
facilitated by Italy's
Permanent Representative to
the UN, UN official Nikhil
Seth and Amir Dossal,
who also let into the UN and
in one case took money from
convicted UN briber Ng Lap
Seng, and Patrick Ho of CEFC
China Energy, also linked to
UN Secretary General Antonio
Guterres.
At the
Ghislaine Maxwell UN event,
the UN Deputy Secretary
General was directly involved.
List of (some of)
the participants on Patreon here.
Inner City
Press has published a phone of
Maxwell in the UN with Dossal,
here. But the connection runs
deeper: Dossal with "25 years
of UN involvement" was on
Terrarmar's board of
directors, one of only five
directors, only three not
related to Maxwell by blood
and name.
The directors:
Ghislaine Maxwell, Christine
Malina-Maxwell, Steven Haft,
Christine Dennison and... Amir
Dossal. Inner City Press is
publishing this full 990 on
Patreon here.
Dossal has
operated through the UN Office
of Partnership, with Antonio
Guterres and his deputy Amina
J. Mohammed, here.
And the links to
the world of UN bribery,
including Antonio Guterres
through the Gulbenkian
Foundation, runs deeper. More
to follow.
Antonio Guterres
claims he has zero tolerance
for sexual exploitation, but
covers it up and even
participate in it. He should
be forced to resign - and/or
have immunity waived.
Terramar
has been dissolved, even
though Maxwell's former
fundraiser / director of
development Brian Yurasits
still lists the URL on his
(protected) Twitter profile,
also here.
But now
Inner City Press has begun to
inquire into Ghislaine
Maxwell's other United Nations
connections, starting with
this photograph of another
day's (or at least another
outfit's) presentation in the
UN, here.
While co-conspirator Antonio
Guterres has had Inner City
Press banned from any entry
into the UN for two years and
a day, this appears to be in
the UN Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC) chamber.
We'll have more on this, and
on Epstein and the UN. Watch
this site.
The case
is US v. Maxwell, 20-cr-330
(Nathan).
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