DOJ pushes back against Ghislaine Maxwell's 'incorrect' appeal to SCOTUS after furious backlash against AG Bondi

Source: Law & Crime

Jul 14th, 2025, 5:27 pm


The U.S. Department of Justice led by Attorney General Pam Bondi placed itself in the awkward position of having to respond Monday to convicted Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal to the Supreme Court after angering President Donald Trump's base last week with a ham-fisted statement that there is not actually a "client list" linking people to the deceased accused sex trafficker.

While the DOJ, in fact, declined to provide any catnip whatsoever for those who, for years, boosted conspiracy theories about the possible blackmail of powerful figures and Epstein's 2019 death by suicide in jail before he could face trial, the government did meet the July 14 deadline to oppose Maxwell's bid to undo her convictions.

In May and June, the DOJ separately requested — and received — extensions for its response to Maxwell's petition for a writ of certiorari. Those extensions delayed action in the case until Monday.

According to the DOJ, Maxwell doesn't have a leg to stand on when she claims the government wrongly disregarded the terms of an infamous Epstein non-prosecution agreement (NPA), so her 20-year sentence for enticing young girls and grooming the victims for sex trafficking and abuse at the hands of her former boyfriend should remain in place.

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