Ghislaine Maxwell faces a critical ‘do or die’ moment tomorrow when the US government seeks to block her bid for a retrial.
Prince Andrew’s close friend Maxwell, 63, who is serving 20 years for child sex offences, has appealed to the US Supreme Court in the hope it will either throw out her conviction or order a retrial.
But tomorrow lawyers for the US government will argue her appeal is ‘meritless’.
Last week it was revealed the FBI has dropped any investigation into Prince Andrew – accused by the late Virginia Giuffre of underage sex charges he has denied – and any other men connected to the Jeffrey Epstein case.
It was also reported that Donald Trump’s promise to release the full ‘Epstein client list’ had been dropped, with officials saying ‘there is no client list’.
In response Elon Musk wrote on X: ‘Then what is Ghislaine Maxwell in prison for?’
Maxwell is said to be ‘anxious but hopeful’ about tomorrow’s hearing. Last night a source said: ‘This is a critical moment, a do or die moment. Ghislaine believes she has multiple grounds for appeal.’
A senior DoJ source told the MoS: ‘There is a powerful argument for [the Supreme Court] to take on the Maxwell case.’
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend the 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising
Prince Andrew’s close friend Maxwell, 63, (pictured with Epstein) who is serving 20 years for child sex offences, has appealed to the US Supreme Court in the hope it will either throw out her conviction or order a retrial
Ghislaine Maxwell pictured here in her mugshot
Maxwell had requested to the Trump administration for an appeal.
In a letter last month, Solicitor General John Sauer requested more time to consider Maxwell’s request.
She is the only Epstein associate serving time in prison for their role in the late paedophiles sick network.
Her lawyers and family are yet to appeal directly to the president.
But former Trump friend and attorney Alan Dershowitz previously told the Daily Mail that he would be right to consider it.
He believes the disgraced socialite’s ‘excessive’ 20-year sentence should be commuted for her immediate release, and then a pardon.
‘Certainly she should get a commutation. The sentence was way, way, way in excess of anything she was alleged to have done.
‘She was in part a victim of Epstein. The fact that Epstein died made her a primary target and caused an excessive sentence to her. Some executive clemency is very much warranted in her case.’
