SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 21 – Ghislaine
Maxwell,
charged with
sex
trafficking
and other
charges, is nearing
the end of
trial that
started on
November 29,
after the
November 23
final-final
pre trial conference,
vlog here.
On
December
18 in a rare
Saturday charging
conference,
Inner City
Press learned
a bit more
about
Maxwell's
legal team. Laura
Menninger came
and left,
presumably
preparing
her closing
argument
for December 20.
On
Sunday December
19, with the
draft charge still
not in the
docket, AUSA Maurene Comey wrote
in jointly
with Maxwell and
her legal
team stating
that
with regard to
the closing
arguments,
"the public
interest in
viewing the
parties’
presentations
is marginal."
Inner City Press
immediately
filed
opposition to
Judge
Nathan, calling
this inaccurate
and insulting, and asking for
unsealing (and
a public
call-in line).
Inner City
Press letter here
and here.
On the
morning of
December 20
AUSA Alison
Moe gave the
government's
closing
argument.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted here,
podcast
here,
8:30 am
live
stream
here
Then,
the defense rebuttal, live tweeted here,
podcast
here
On December 21, a full day of jury
deliberations with requests for
information, and for scheduling. Inner
City Press live tweeted here,
9 am live stream here,
podcast here
Judge Nathan took to the bench at
10:10 am and said, I've gotten a note.
The jury wants the transcripts of the
testimony of Jane, Annie and
Carolyn. It will be
assembled and sent to them via the
Court Security Officer, who's been
sworn in for this function.
Courtroom is empty again; three long
transcripts going back to jury. As of
11 am, current status in Courtroom
318: empty, but sitting at defense
table are Maxwell's official lawyer
Bobbi Sternheim and unofficial /
undocketed lawyer or photo-fixer Leah
Saffian
Update fwiw at 12:55 pm - still no
prosecutors at their table, now 2 (or
3, counting Saffian) Maxwell counsel
at theirs, no more notes from jury.
Update of 1:22 pm - they have brought
Ghislaine Maxwell out to the defense
table. The other, listed counsel
scatter and Gislaine is talking one on
one with Leah Saffian. No In-N-Out
Burger photo can be taken in the
courtroom. But something is afoot.
Just to tamp down expectation from
this "afoot-ness" --Maxwell has been
taken back in the holding cell. The
burst of action, sources neither
prosecution or defense say, was to
agree on redactions on the testimony
to be given to the jury (sidebars out,
etc.)
Update of 2:51 pm - Courtroom 318 is
populating again; word is, there is a
jury note. Ghislaine Maxwell has been
brought out again. Judge Nathan:
I have a note. "We would like the FBI
deposition 3505-005 referred to by the
defense." AUSA: That is not in
evidence.
Maxwell's lawyer: There is impeachment
[of Carolyn] in that document,
although we acknowledge it is not in
evidence. So we proposed not saying,
It is not in evidence. Judge Nathan:
How about, All admitted exhibits are
before you? AUSA: Fine.
Maxwell's lawyer: Why not say,
You have the admitted evidence about
3505-005. Just don't say it is not in
evidence. Judge Nathan: They are
asking for the document, I presume
because they have the testimony about
it. [Pauses to write something out by
hand]
Judge Nathan: It is not an exhibit,
the testimony about it, you have. I'll
just send in a note for efficiency.
I'll say: "3505-005 is not an admitted
exhibit but the testimony about it,"
you have. Agreed. All rise! Verdict
Watch continues. Watch this feed.
Maxwell's
lawyers wanted Judge Nathan to
come back, and she has.
Maxwell's lawyer wants a copy of
the note. Judge Nathan: The
foreperson has signed the note.
So we have to redact it. So I
will just read it to you again.
Judge Nathan: Counsel are
aware of the identity of the
jurors. So I'll just redact it
as to the public. All rise! OK -
back to verdict watch. More are
opining, no verdict today at
this rare. Inner City Press
remains on the case
Now 4:06 pm - Judge
Nathan: I have received a note.
The jurors say they want to end
today at 5 pm, deliberate
tomorrow from 9 to 4:30 &
have lunch at noon. [And if not
decision by the end of Dec 22?]
Judge Nathan: It is possible for
them to deliberate on Thursday
Maxwell's lawyer Sternheim: Will
you offer then Thursday, so they
can make arrangement? Judge
Nathan: We could tell them that.
[If memory serves, the defense
did not want the deliberations
to take place under the deadline
of Christmas. Now, they seem to
like it
Update of 4:30 pm - Jury has
another note / question: Can we
consider Annie's testimony
conspiracy to commit a crime in
Counts 1 and 3? AUSA: Say yes.
Maxwell's lawyer: If
someone asks, can I drive, you
could answer, Yes but within the
speed limit. Judge Nathan: I'm
going to answer, Yes you may.
Please been back at 4:55 so we
can let the jurors go at 5 pm.
How
large is
Maxwell's
legal and other team? Watch
this site - and
#MaximumMaxwell
On October 29
and again on November 12
Maxwell
and the US
Attorney's
Office for the
Southern
District of
New York filed
a flurry of
motions in
limine,
heavily
redacted; the
Government
argued that
trial exhibits
are not public
and will be
withheld.
Inner City
Press opposed
and opposes
the continued
secrecy. And
see DC op-ed here.
On
December 16,
after a three
day hiatus as
Judge Nathan
went to DC
seeking
2d Circuit seat,
Maxwell's
defense began,
with her executive
assistant
Cimerly Espinosa.
Inner City Press
live tweeted
here,
8:45 am live
stream here,
podcast here
On
the afternoon
of December
17, the
defense rested,
and Ghislaine
Maxwell said
there was no
reason for her to
testify
because, she
said, the
government had
not proved its
case beyond
a reasonable
doubt,
after Eva
Dubin. Inner
City Press
live
tweeted here,
podcast here,
midday live
stream here
On
Saturday
December 18
Judge Nathan
held the
charging
conference, at
which references
to "the defendant"
were changed to
a more
Lady-like "Ms.
Maxwell" and
foreign travel
and the
word "minor"
were dropped and
replaced.
Inner City
Press live tweeted
here,
and below,
pre-conference
live
stream here, podcast
here
On
December 10,
leading up to
the US resting
of its case,
Annie Farmer
was cross
examined, then
her
ex-boyfriend
and mother
testified.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it here,
podcast here,
stand-up,
GMax
sister -
and circus
Again,
where is the
Press
opposition to
all this
sealing, and
the
decision-maker?
On October 18 the US
Attorney's Office opposed the
request, saying the the voir
dire questions should be asked
by Judge Nathan, and that
there should only be sidebars
on "sensitive questions such
as those that relate to sexual
abuse and media exposure."
Full letter on Patreon here.
In a
conference on October 21 on
that as scheduling issues,
Judge Nathan denied the
request to seal. Inner City
Press live tweeted it
here (podcast here)
On October 22 the
draft jury questionnaire was
unsealed and Inner City Press
has immediately published it
on its DocumentCloud here,
including "Have you or a
family member ever supported,
lobbied, petitioned,
protested, or worked in
any other manner for or
against any laws, regulations,
or organizations relating to
sex trafficking, sex crimes
against minors, sex abuse or
sexual harassment?" Photo 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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