The scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein is far from buried—and now it’s sparking fresh legal drama with deep political undertones. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate and convicted sex trafficker, just hit a massive roadblock in her latest bid for freedom—and it came straight from Trump-appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice.
Maxwell, who’s currently locked up in a Florida federal prison serving a 20-year sentence, made a bold move to appeal her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her legal team claimed that a controversial 2007 non-prosecution agreement (NPA) between Epstein and federal prosecutors should have protected her too.
But Bondi’s DOJ didn’t just push back—they buried that legal argument under a mountain of cold, hard law.
U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, handpicked by Trump, wrote a no-nonsense brief that tore apart Maxwell’s claim:
“That contention is incorrect, and petitioner does not show that it would succeed in any court of appeals,” Sauer stated bluntly.
