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SCOTUS denies Ghislaine Maxwell's release (Original Post) spooky3 13 hrs ago OP
They got something right. nt mcar 13 hrs ago #1
He is going to pardon her at the end of his term Jersey Devil 13 hrs ago #2
Unless he dies first moonscape 13 hrs ago #5
Or she does, which is more likely, in my opinion. She should be worried, to be honest. mucholderthandirt 12 hrs ago #17
Yup! PortTack 11 hrs ago #19
Good point! moonscape 3 hrs ago #24
I am very surprised by this Bettie 13 hrs ago #3
I'm not. GoCubsGo 13 hrs ago #6
Point taken Bettie 12 hrs ago #18
Yep. Plus this has nothing to to with any other element of their agenda Raven123 10 hrs ago #22
Release the files instead Blues Heron 13 hrs ago #4
"Maxwell's Silver Slammer" came down upon her head! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 13 hrs ago #7
Trump won: "Trump's Republican administration had urged the high court to stay out of the case." sop 13 hrs ago #8
And additionally one district can't direct another n/t off-the-clock 13 hrs ago #10
JMO. If she were pardoned on some technicality the rt and taco would all be claiming the whole thing was a fantasy PortTack 11 hrs ago #20
So OUR DOJ was trying to get her conviction overturned on behalf of the felon? spanone 13 hrs ago #9
No, the DOJ opposed her petition. onenote 12 hrs ago #14
"Unless" is doing a lot of work here... NM Grins 13 hrs ago #11
Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while surfered 13 hrs ago #12
Or,even a stopped clock is right ,twice a day. BattleRow 12 hrs ago #16
"Shhh....we don't want to wake those dormant files" Clouds Passing 12 hrs ago #13
I hope she starts dropping names ChicagoTeamster 12 hrs ago #15
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Gimpyknee 11 hrs ago #21
They didn't deny her release. Ms. Toad 10 hrs ago #23

mucholderthandirt

(1,678 posts)
17. Or she does, which is more likely, in my opinion. She should be worried, to be honest.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:17 AM
12 hrs ago

Not about any of us, but about Trump and how much better it would be for him if she's gone. If she has any brains, she'd have a failsafe, that would release the files upon her death unless she dies a free woman of old age in her own bed. And heck, even then.

GoCubsGo

(34,422 posts)
6. I'm not.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:02 AM
13 hrs ago

They're afraid that releasing her will turn the spotlight back on the sexual predators in their own ranks.

Bettie

(18,941 posts)
18. Point taken
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:20 AM
12 hrs ago

that makes sense.

I generally expect them to do whatever that orange thing tells them to.

sop

(16,320 posts)
8. Trump won: "Trump's Republican administration had urged the high court to stay out of the case."
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:05 AM
13 hrs ago

"On the first day of their new term, the justices declined to take up a case that would have drawn renewed attention to the sordid sexual-abuse saga after President Donald Trump's administration sought to tamp down criticism over its refusal to publicly release more investigative files from Epstein's case."

"Maxwell's lawyers contended that a non-prosecution agreement reached in 2007 by federal prosecutors in Miami and Epstein's lawyers also protected his 'potential co-conspirators' from federal charges anywhere in the country."

https://abc7.com/post/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-ghislaine-maxwell-imprisoned-former-girlfriend-jeffrey-epstein/17950093/

This turned out well for Trump. It keeps Maxwell "in prison," still hoping for a pardon. The last thing Trump wanted was Ghislaine free to make statements that would incriminate him.

PortTack

(35,762 posts)
20. JMO. If she were pardoned on some technicality the rt and taco would all be claiming the whole thing was a fantasy
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:45 AM
11 hrs ago

just made up…yes more so than now, and bury the files

spanone

(140,333 posts)
9. So OUR DOJ was trying to get her conviction overturned on behalf of the felon?
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:06 AM
13 hrs ago

Tellls America all they should need to know.

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