Ghislaine Maxwell’s Supreme Court gamble could do far more than let her off the hook. It could render void any damning revelations in the so-called “Epstein files” by granting blanket immunity to any child abusing associates of the dead billionaire.
It’s a twist that turns upside down the growing calls — from President Donald Trump’s MAGA base to Democrats and all in between — for releasing the FBI’s investigative files of Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling sexual abuse network, even as suspicions mount that Trump appears to some extent in the evidence.
At the center of this maelstrom is the sweetheart plea deal the Justice Department gave Epstein in 2007, which promised distinctly that the “United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein.” It’s one that the Justice Department’s own 2020 internal review called “unusual and problematic.” Maxwell now hopes that will overturn her 2022 conviction for conspiracy to transport minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.