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SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 5 – After the death of Jeffrey Epstein in the MCC prison, on July 2 Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York 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 Magistrate Judge Andrea K. Johnstone. Inner City Press live tweeted it here.

  Now on July 5, this: "Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) Dear Judge Nathan: The Government respectfully submits this letter to request that the Court schedule an arraignment, initial appearance, and bail hearing in the above referenced case. On July 2, 2020, the defendant was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire on the charges contained in the abovecaptioned Indictment and presented before a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Hampshire. At that appearance, the defendant waived her right to an identity hearing, consented to detention without prejudice to making a later application for bail, and consented to her transfer to the Southern District of New York. While the Government has no control over the timing of the defendant’s transport, the Government understands from the United States Marshals Service (“USMS”) that the USMS is acting expeditiously to transport the defendant into this District. In particular, the Government understands that the USMS expects that the defendant will arrive in this District early this week, well within the ten days contemplated by the Speedy Trial Act for transfer of a defendant from another district. See 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(F). The Government has consulted with defense counsel, Christian Everdell, Esq., who has requested that the arraignment, initial appearance, and bail hearing in this matter take place on July 10, 2020. In advance of that proceeding, the parties jointly request that the defense be permitted to file a written bail application to the Court by 3:00 p.m. on July 9, 2020, and that the Government be permitted to file a written reply by 12:00 p.m. on July 10, 2020. If that schedule is acceptable to the Court, the parties respectfully request that the Court schedule an arraignment, initial appearance, and bail hearing in this matter for the afternoon of July 10, 2020. Additionally, the Government respectfully requests that the Court exclude time under the Speedy Trial Act between the defendant’s arrest on July 2, 2020 and the date of the arraignment, initial appearance, and bail hearing before Your Honor. In addition to part of this time being necessary to transport the defendant to this District, and thus subject to an automatic exclusion of up to ten days from Speedy Trial Act calculation, see 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(F), the Government also intends to use the time until any initial appearance before Your Honor to discuss the terms of a protective order with defense counsel. Such a protective order will be necessary to facilitate the production of discovery while also protecting, among other things, the privacy and identity of third parties, including victims of the conduct charged in the Indictment. Accordingly, the Government respectfully requests that the Court exclude time both for the transportation of the defendant from another district, see 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1)(F), and to allow the parties to engage in discussions regarding a protective order, which will serve the interests of justice by facilitating the timely production of discovery in a manner protective of the rights of third parties, including potential victims. See 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7). The Government has consulted with defense counsel, who consents to this request.  Respectfully submitted,  AUDREY STRAUSS  Acting United States Attorney  By:  Alex Rossmiller / Alison Moe / Maurene Comey  Assistant United States Attorneys." Letter on Patreon here.

Note: "Christian Everdell is a member of Cohen & Gresser's White Collar Defense and Litigation and Arbitration groups. Chris represents companies and individuals in criminal prosecutions, internal investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, and complex civil litigation."

   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.

  Now on July 5, after some crowd-sourcing, Inner City Press can report 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.

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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