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By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 24 – With Ghislaine Maxwell in prison, she reportedly offered to testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein, presumably for a pardon.

Then she said she would invoke the Fifth.

Now after the Epstein files votes on Capitol Hill, from the SDNY Judge who took over the Maxwell file from Judge Nathan, this:

"ORDER as to Ghislaine Maxwell. On August 11, 2025, the Court denied a motion by the Government to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in this case. The Court found that unsealing was not authorized by either Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) or the special circumstances doctrine applicable in this Circuit. See United States v. Maxwell, No. 20 Cr. 330 (PAE), 2025 WL 2301281, at *8-9, 16 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 11, 2025); Dkt. 809. Today, the Government filed a new motion to unseal the grand jury transcripts and exhibits. Dkt. 810.(See Footnote 1 on this Order). It argues that the Epstein Files Transparency Act, H.R. 4405 (the "Act"), enacted November 19, 2025, authorizes such disclosures, subject to redactions to protect victims' personal identifying information. The Government also seeks a corresponding modification of the protective order in this case. The Government asks the Court to rule on an expedited basis. The Court, mindful of the Act's requirement that the Attorney General disclose responsive materials within 30 days of its enactment, sets the following schedule for responses to the Government's motion: 1. Submission from Maxwell: By December 3, 2025, defendant Ghislaine Maxwell will file a letter setting out her position on the Government's proposed disclosures and modification of the protective order. 2. Submissions from victims: As with its earlier motion to unseal, the Government's motion is silent as to the rights of victims of Maxwell and/or Jeffrey Epstein to be heard, pursuant to the Crime Victims' Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771. The Court directs the Government forthwith to provide notice of its motion to all such victims. To the extent victim(s) wish to be heard, directly or through counsel, with respect to the Government's proposed disclosures and modification of the protective order, letters setting out victims' perspectives are due December 3, 2025."

A similar order is expected in USA v. Epstein before Judge Richard M. Berman....

Inner City Press, with its Maximum Maxwell book restored here, and only today back on X as InnerCityPress, will cover all filings.

After having asked Maxwell herself question when she did a press conference in the UN. After that, Inner City Press was banned from the UN by SG Antonio Guterres. His spokesman Stephane Dujarric on July 14, 2025 refused to answer written questions, including:

On deadline, explain why Ghislaine Maxwell was granted a press conference in the UN briefing room, and why a UN correspondent who did a fundraiser with Ghislaine Maxwell - convicted of sex trafficking here in SDNY, and known at the time to be manager for Jeffrey Epstein - is allowed in daily and can ask questions, while Inner City Press which asked and asks remains banned, with 6/19/25 application to MALU pending, none of the promised (by Dujarric) answers to written questions like this provided

      No answers.

     On April 19, 2022 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Loretta A. Preska held a proceeding to unseal some but not all documents.  Inner City Press, which has published a book on the Maxwell trial here, and another book including the Larry Ray trial "John list" here, live tweeted it, thread here:

 173-6 it will be sealed [or redacted.]

Jump cut to April 25, 2025, with Virginia Giuffre declared dead, reportedly by suicide. A redacted life. Rest in Peace.

Inner City Press continues reporting on the UN (where Ghislaine Maxwell was allowed a press conference and SG  Antonio Guterres  had a rep on her Terramar board  (video here, story here).

This case is USA v. Maxwell, 1:20-cr-330 (Engelmayer)

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