Mega Edition: Ghislaine Maxwell And Her Battle With The 2nd Circuit Court Of Appeals (11/3/26)

The Vault: The Epstein Files · Nov 4, 2026 · 58m · transcript

Following her December 2021 conviction on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges, Ghislaine Maxwell appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, seeking to overturn her conviction and 20-year prison sentence. Her attorneys presented several arguments, most notably claiming that Jeffrey Epstein's controversial 2007 non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida should have protected Maxwell from prosecution in New York. That agreement had extended protection to Epstein's potential co-conspirators, and Maxwell argued that the federal government…