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By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 25 – 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:

"The Government stated that the "Department of Justice interprets the [Epstein Files Transparency Act (the "Act")] as requiring it to publish the grand jury and discovery materials in this case, unless one of the pennitted bases for withholding pursuant to the Act applies." To assure that the victims in this case, and the defendant, have fair notice as to the materials covered by the Government's request with respect to the protective order(s) in this case, the Court directs the Government, by noon on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, to file a letter on the docket that:

1. States whether the Government seeks modification of both protective orders in this case or only the protective order at docket 36; and

2. Enumerates, as to each protective order for which modification is sought, the materials covered by the protective order that the Government seeks to make publicly available. The Government's description of these materials is to be in sufficient detail to meaningfully inform victims, who are not privy to the discovery produced by the Government to the defense pursuant to these protective orders, what the materials to be made publicly available consist of.... The deadlines set in the Court's order issued yesterday-for submissions by victims and by the defendant, and for the Government's response-remain as set. " Order on Patreon here.

An order was also issued in USA v. Epstein - which obviously had less discovery - before Judge Richard M. Berman....

Inner City Press, with its Maximum Maxwell book restored here, 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.

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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