July 14th already? The DOJ's response to Maxwell's appeal is due today.
Ghislaine Maxwell filed a Supreme Court appeal arguing she should be covered by Jeffrey Epstein's controversial plea deal.
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The British socialite, and former friend of Prince Andrew, was sentenced to 20 years in jail in June 2022 for her role in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation, but has appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Trump administration's response to that case is due July 14 at a particularly pressured time for Bondi, who as attorney general leads the DOJ.
A filing by her team, seen by Newsweek, reads: "Despite the existence of a non-prosecution agreement promising in plain language that the United States would not prosecute any co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, the United States in fact prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell as a co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein.
"Only because the United States did so in the Second Circuit and not elsewhere, her motion to dismiss the indictment was denied, her trial proceeded, and she
is now serving a 20-year sentence.
"In light of the disparity in how the circuit courts interpret the enforceability of a promise made by the 'United States,' Maxwell's motion to dismiss would have been granted if she had been charged in at least four other circuits (plus the Eleventh, where Epstein's agreement was entered into).
"This inconsistency in the law by which the same promise by the United States
means different things in different places should be addressed by this Court."
D. John Sauer, Donald Trump's pick for Solicitor General, has already twice applied to extend the deadline for the administration's response to Maxwell's appeal, leading to the current July 14 deadline.