Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is reportedly preparing to engage in discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice in an attempt to negotiate a sentence reduction, according to sources who spoke with The New York Post.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed on Tuesday that he plans to meet with Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year federal sentence in Florida for her role in the sex trafficking operations of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The potential deal could mark a major turning point in the long-running scandal involving Epstein’s alleged network of underage victims and high-profile associates.
Alan Dershowitz, a prominent legal scholar and former attorney for Epstein, said Maxwell is likely pursuing a deal to secure a reduced sentence or possible release in exchange for providing sensitive information.
“She’s going to make a deal,” Dershowitz said.
“That’s the way things are done. They make deals with the mafia, so I’m certain they are going to try to make a deal with her.”
A separate legal expert explained that Maxwell’s meeting with Blanche presents a strategic opportunity to trade information for leniency.
The terms of such cooperation could include revealing details about Epstein’s social and criminal operations, including the names of individuals who participated in or enabled alleged criminal conduct.
Dershowitz, who has long said that Maxwell holds key information, referred to her as the “Rosetta stone” of the Epstein case.
“She knows everything — not just about the perpetrators but the victims. And she knows about the victims who became perpetrators,” he said.
The Department of Justice has stated that over 1,000 individuals were victimized by Epstein and his associates, according to court filings.
Some of the victims were reportedly groomed by Epstein’s inner circle to recruit additional underage girls.
Maxwell was widely seen as Epstein’s closest associate, serving as his confidante, girlfriend and social gatekeeper in elite circles.
Her relationship with Epstein began in the early 1990s after the death of her father, media mogul Robert Maxwell.
For decades, Maxwell and Epstein were regulars at exclusive parties and social functions in New York, Europe and elsewhere.
Maxwell’s role in Epstein’s network extended beyond companionship; she is believed to have helped Epstein access prominent figures in business, politics and royalty.
Among those known to have had connections with Epstein is Prince Andrew of the British royal family.
The Duke of York paid over $16 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, a woman who alleged she had been trafficked by Epstein and Maxwell.
Giuffre claimed she had been sexually abused by multiple men within Epstein’s circle, though the identities of those individuals have not been publicly confirmed.
Giuffre died by suicide in April.
The Post further reported that Maxwell, through her brother Ian, has stated that she would be willing to testify before a Congressional committee about her ties to Epstein.
If the DOJ follows through with the meeting, it could be the first time that federal authorities hear Maxwell’s full version of events.
Neither Maxwell’s defense attorneys nor federal prosecutors previously engaged in plea negotiations prior to her 2021 trial.
Maxwell’s legal team had argued she had no reason to negotiate a plea deal because she was innocent of all charges. However, with her appeals nearly exhausted and only one petition pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Maxwell may now be willing to cooperate.
The renewed focus on Maxwell follows a Justice Department announcement earlier this year that it would release all information obtained during FBI raids of Epstein’s properties.
That pledge was later withdrawn, and the DOJ, in a joint memo with the FBI, concluded that Epstein died by suicide while in federal custody in 2019 and that there was no “client list” of individuals who engaged in illegal activity with minors.
Ian Maxwell continues to deny the existence of such a list.
“Let’s not try and big it up for more than it is,” he said in an interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored.
“I think it was a high-quality address book. I don’t think it constitutes ‘a list’, let alone a list of alleged people to whom young minor girls were trafficked.”
“Ghislaine’s position on this, for what it’s worth, has been, she doesn’t ever believe that such a list existed,” Ian added.
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