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

mucholderthandirt

(1,680 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
Monday

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

(34,428 posts)
6. I'm not.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:02 AM
Monday

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

Bettie

(18,944 posts)
18. Point taken
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:20 AM
Monday

that makes sense.

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

sop

(16,368 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
Monday

"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

(35,765 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
Monday

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

spanone

(140,354 posts)
9. So OUR DOJ was trying to get her conviction overturned on behalf of the felon?
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:06 AM
Monday

Tellls America all they should need to know.

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