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BumRushDaShow

(160,228 posts) Tue Sep 9, 2025, 09:59 AM Sep 9

Ghislaine Maxwell's Attorney Insists He Has No Idea Why Trump DOJ Transferred Client to Lower-Security Prison

Source: MEDIAite

Sep 9th, 2025, 12:14 am

Arthur Aidala, a lawyer for convicted child sex trafficker and former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, said he does not know why Maxwell was transferred to a lower-security prison last month. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted in 2021 of conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse children. Epstein died in a prison cell in 2019. The official cause of death was listed as suicide.

In July, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, a former criminal attorney for former Epstein friend President Donald Trump, interviewed Maxwell in prison. Maxwell has denied any wrongdoing in the case. About a week after the interview, the Department of Justice transferred Maxwell to a lower-security facility.

On Monday’s CNN NewsNight, host Abby Phillip asked Aidala about the “unusual” decision to transfer Maxwell. “Arthur, the deputy attorney general met with Ghislaine and then she shortly thereafter moved to a cushier prison,” Phillip said. “Why?”

“Well, there are things I’m not, you know, I’m not allowed to talk about, right?” Aidala replied, seeming taken aback by the question. “So, there are things I can’t talk about.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/ghislaine-maxwells-attorney-insists-he-has-no-idea-why-trump-doj-transferred-client-to-lower-security-prison/

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Ghislaine Maxwell's Attorney Insists He Has No Idea Why Trump DOJ Transferred Client to Lower-Security Prison (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 9 OP

Yea right..... Lovie777 Sep 9 #1

She's in line to get work release Johnny2X2X Sep 9 #2

coming soon to an HR department near you! lapfog_1 Sep 9 #5

He says he can't talk about it, not that he doesn't know. travelingthrulife Sep 9 #3

That's the impression I got from a similar article. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 9 #10

"I have no idea why...? Grins Sep 9 #4

In case she wants to commit "suicide". Duh. twodogsbarking Sep 9 #6

Big difference between "has no idea" and "things I can't talk about." (nt) Paladin Sep 9 #7

Did he start this announcement with, republianmushroom Sep 9 #8

After reading the story, I changed my thoughts. ificandream Sep 9 #9

I think they latched on the last sentences when he was prodded about a "quid pro quo" arrangement BumRushDaShow Sep 9 #11

Lovie777

(20,258 posts)

1. Yea right.....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:01 AM

Sep 9

These people can and will not stop lying.

Johnny2X2X

(23,414 posts)

2. She's in line to get work release

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:05 AM

Sep 9

That's what she was offered for whatever she gave them. And her pardon won't come for a while yet, but it is 100% coming.

lapfog_1

(31,271 posts)

5. coming soon to an HR department near you!

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:24 AM

Sep 9

She does know how to recruit.

travelingthrulife

(3,268 posts)

3. He says he can't talk about it, not that he doesn't know.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:08 AM

Sep 9

The GOP must be the biggest criminal organization in the world.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(128,722 posts)

10. That's the impression I got from a similar article.

Reply to travelingthrulife (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 01:33 PM

Sep 9

Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyer Makes Stunning Quid Pro Quo Confession

Ghislane Maxwell’s former lawyer just admitted what we all suspected: The sexual abuser and Epstein accomplice was transferred to a nicer, minimum-security prison so that she could give the Trump administration something in exchange—like a favorable testimony.

Arthur Aidala, who represented Maxwell in her 2022 sex-trafficking trial and appeals, appeared on CNN on Monday to talk about the case.

“The deputy attorney general met with Ghislaine, and then she was shortly thereafter moved to a cushier prison,” CNN’s Abby Phillips asked Aidala, who has also represented Alan Dershowitz, Harvey Weinstein, and Rudy Giuliani. “Why?”

“Well, there are things I’m not allowed to talk about, right?” Aidala replied, stumbling over his words. “So there are things I can’t talk about.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ghislaine-maxwell-lawyer-makes-stunning-132630239.html

Grins

(8,844 posts)

4. "I have no idea why...?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:17 AM

Sep 9

C'mon!!!! It's not Occam’s razor. It's Occam’s giant freaking guillotine! YOU KNOW exactly why!

Aidala:

"You know, I’m not allowed to talk about, right?”

But not this. Your client's trial is over. This is a public event that has already happened, with your assistance.

Did you ask for it, or was if offered to your 'client?'

Don't lawyers have an ethical responsibility to not participate with their clients' subterfuge? Failing that is disbarment?

twodogsbarking

(15,806 posts)

6. In case she wants to commit "suicide". Duh.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 11:15 AM

Sep 9

Paladin

(31,609 posts)

7. Big difference between "has no idea" and "things I can't talk about." (nt)

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 11:45 AM

Sep 9

republianmushroom

(21,380 posts)

8. Did he start this announcement with,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 12:04 PM

Sep 9

"Once upon a time" there was a DOJ..........

ificandream

(11,368 posts)

9. After reading the story, I changed my thoughts.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 01:12 PM

Sep 9

My earlier comment:

Aidala didn't say he didn't know why she was transferred. What he said was he refused to discuss it because he wasn't allowed to. In other words, HE DID KNOW.

Stupid of the headline writer and stupid of the person who read that and approved it.

Further down in the story past what is allowed on DU, he does say he doesn't know why they moved her. But the headline should have referred to what was at the top, not buried at the bottom.

BumRushDaShow

(160,228 posts)

11. I think they latched on the last sentences when he was prodded about a "quid pro quo" arrangement

Reply to ificandream (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 05:00 PM

Sep 9

PHILLIP: Would this have happened before or after the interview? Would they have said to her, “We’re gonna do this interview, and in exchange for it, you’re going to go to this other prison”?

AIDALA: The truth is, Abby, I mean, I don’t know. I don’t know the answer to that. I don’t know the answer to that question. I don’t have knowledge of when that decision was made, but usually, for me, because I did not walk Ghislaine into that particular proceeding.

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