October 6, 2025court rulingcriminal justicejudicial accountabilityJusticeAccountabilityThe Epstein Files
Supreme Court declines Ghislaine Maxwell appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell appeal of her federal conviction in the Epstein case. Maxwell argued that the 2007 non-prosecution agreement should have protected her, but lower courts rejected that claim. The denial left her conviction and 20-year sentence in place while congressional investigators continued seeking records and testimony.