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Maxwell Says Vermin Droppings in MDC Cell,
US Says She's Out 13 Hours Daily
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 16 – 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 June 15,
Maxwell through her lawyers
complained that in the MDC
jail "last week, raw sewage
permeated Ms. Maxwell's
isolation cell, necessitating
her removal to another cell...
vermin droppings fell from air
vents." Full letter on Patreon
here.
Now on June 16,
the US Attorney's Office has
fired back: "The defendant
continues to receive more time
to review discovery than any
other inmate at the MDC.
Specifically, the defendant is
permitted to review her
discovery thirteen hours
per day, seven days per
week. During the entirety of
that time, the defendant still
has access to both a
desktop computer provided by
the MDC and a laptop computer
provided by the Government
on which to review
discovery. Also during those
thirteen hours per day, the
defendant may use the
MDC desktop computer to send
and receive emails with her
attorneys. This discovery
review takes place in a
day room that is separate from
the defendant’s assigned cell.
Accordingly, the
defendant continues to be
permitted out of her cell from
7am to 8pm every day. While in
the day room, the
defendant continues to have
exclusive access to the MDC
desktop computer, the
laptop, a television, a
phone on which to place social
or attorney calls, and a
shower." Full letter on
Patreon
here.
On June 4,
Maxwell's requests to get
Victim-2's journal, and
original photographs, were
denied: "The Court
requested the Government’s
views as to three of those
requests: Request 9, which
sought production of
Minor Victim-2’s entire diary
from her teenage years;
Request 10, which
targeted a pair of boots
that Minor Victim-2 allegedly
received as a gift from
Jeffrey Epstein and
Maxwell; and Request 11, which
sought original versions of
certain photographs. Id.
The Government submitted
its views on May 4, 2021. Dkt.
No. 269. It supplemented its
letter on May 6, 2021.
Dkt. No. 271. The Defendant
filed a response on May 12,
2021. Having considered
the parties’ views, the
Defendant’s request is denied
in full. As noted, Request 9
seeks the original copy of a
journal from an alleged victim
from when she was a
teenager. Maxwell received
copies of some of the pages in
the journal from the
Government pursuant to Rule
16, but the Government
represents that it does not
have access to the
entire journal. In those
pages, Minor Victim-2
describes a trip to New York
in which she spent time
with Epstein and, among other
things, visited his residence.
Minor Victim-2 also
describes her impression of
Epstein at the time." Full
order on Patreon here.
After
Maxwell asked to get the names
of alleged victims before
September 21, on June 2 Judge
Nathan ruled that the names
are to be given on October 11,
as part of this schedule:
"ORDER as to Ghislaine
Maxwell: Having considered the
parties' respective proposals,
Dkt. No. 291, the Court hereby
sets the following disclosure
schedule: September 13, 2021:
Disclosure of alleged victims'
identities (Government's
proposal) October 11, 2021:
Government's disclosure of
Jencks Act and Giglio
material, Rule 404(b) evidence
and notice, co-conspirator
statements, and Government
witness list (Government's
proposal) October 11, 2021:
Government's disclosure of its
proposed exhibit list
(Defendant's proposal) October
18, 2021: Simultaneous filing
of motions in limine
(agreement of the parties)
October 25, 2021: Simultaneous
filing of proposed jury
questionnaire and voir dire
(agreement of the parties)
November 1, 2021: Defense
expert disclosures
(Defendant's proposal)
November 1, 2021: Responses to
motions in limine (agreement
of the parties) November 8,
2021: Simultaneous filing of
requests to charge and verdict
sheet (agreement of the
parties) - November 8, 2021:
Defense disclosures pursuant
to Rules 16(b)(1)(A) and
16(b)(1)(B) materials (The
Government proposed November
1, 2021; the Defendant
proposed the close of the
Government's case-in-chief)
Close of the Government's
case-in-chief: Defense witness
list and 26.2 statements
(Defendant's proposal) These
dates establish a baseline for
when the parties must disclose
certain materials. Each of the
parties has a continuing
obligation to update all
disclosures if they become
aware of additional responsive
materials. In addition, and as
requested by the parties, the
parties may bring issues to
the Court's attention that
arise after the deadline for
motions in limine if the
issues could not have been
raised within the deadline set
for in limine motions.
(Motions due by 10/18/2021.
Responses due by 11/1/2021)
(Signed by Judge Alison J.
Nathan on 6/2/2021)." Watch
this site.
On May 10, the US
Attorney's Office wrote to
Judge Nathan to proposed
starting the trial on November
29, noting the Thanksgiving
week before and the importance
of having AUSA Maurene Comey
involved.
And on May 11,
Judge Nathan issued an order
confirming she will request
that date, with jury selection
to begin November 15: "ORDER
as to Ghislaine Maxwell: The
Court has considered the
parties' proposals regarding
the commencement of trial.
Dkt. Nos. 275, 276. For the
reasons stated in the
Government's letter, the Court
will request November 29, 2021
from the Clerk's Office as the
trial start datethat is the
date (pending approval from
the Clerk's Office consistent
with the SDNY COVID protocols)
that opening statements will
be made to the jury. However,
the Court will also request
from the Clerk's Office that
jury selection occur during
the week of November 15."
On May 6,
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in that "The Government has
now determined that, for a
subset of the photographs
requested by the defendant,
the Government previously
provided the defense with
scanned images of this subset
of photographs from the FBI
Florida file. The original
photographs are currently in
the FBI’s possession.
Accordingly, because some of
the original photographs are
currently in the Prosecution
Team’s possession, the
Government will make them
available to the defendant for
inspection upon request." Full
submission on Patreon here.
After
Maxwell's complaint about
flashlight checks and eye
coverings, the US Attorney's
Office on May 5 wrote in, full
letter on Patreon here
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.
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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