Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, and her lawyers filed a motion on Wednesday to dismiss all charges against her, according to a new report.
The filing comes months after Maxwell began meeting with officials from President Donald Trump's Department of Justice, like Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Blanche interviewed Maxwell multiple times earlier this year about Trump's conduct around Epstein, some of which were released publicly. After the interviews, Maxwell was moved from a maximum security prison to a minimum security facility, something that experts have said is exceedingly rare for someone convicted of sex crimes.
Maxwell was convicted in 2022 and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for participating in a scheme with Epstein to sexually abuse minors, according to the Department of Justice.
CBS Justice Correspondent reported that Maxwell's lawyers alleged "government duplicity" in the prosecution, citing evidence released by the Epstein estate.
In the filing on Wednesday, Maxwell's lawyers argued that the "sensationalist" media coverage of her case rendered the court's verdict "unreliable."
The tapes of Maxwell's interview became a source of controversy in the Trump White House. In them, Maxwell claimed that she never saw Trump at Epstein's house, although the Epstein estate later released a photo showing otherwise. Legal analysts also criticized the DOJ for moving Maxwell to a low-security facility.
