Even as top Justice Department officials brokered an interview with a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s, they asked the Supreme Court to reject her appeal.

The Trump DOJ asked the high court to deny Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghilaine Maxwell’s appeal of her sex-trafficking conviction. The move comes amid heightened scrutiny over the case.

However, some feel Maxwell is now in a stronger position. Her appeal to the US supreme court on the basis that the government overlooked the immunity clause in the Epstein deal is similar in spirit to the appeal that succeeded in overturning Bill Cosby’s conviction for sexual assault.

Ghislaine Maxwell filed a Supreme Court appeal arguing she should be covered by Jeffrey Epstein's controversial plea deal.

The former socialite was found guilty of recruiting and trafficking underage girls for disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2021 and later sentenced to 20 years behind bars. As Maxwell returns to the spotlight,

H ouse Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Wednesday issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on Aug. 11.

Maxwell submitted a plea to to overturn her conviction, saying she was covered by a non-prosecution deal made between Jeffrey Epstein and the U.S. government.

Judges deny releasing Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts from cases in New York and Florida - The move comes as the Trump administration faces growing criticism over the Epstein investigations.