• The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to reject Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, arguing she wasn’t protected by Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 non-prosecution agreement. Maxwell’s legal team says the deal should shield her, while critics call it a last-ditch attempt to avoid justice for aiding Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.

WASHINGTON, DC (TDR) — The Justice Department under President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to deny Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her sex trafficking conviction, arguing that the notorious 2008 non-prosecution agreement granted to Jeffrey Epstein does not apply to her.

Maxwell, sentenced to 20 years in prison for recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein, is invoking a broad clause in Epstein’s deal that promised immunity to unnamed “potential co-conspirators.” Her lawyers say that protection should include her, even though she wasn’t charged until more than a decade later.

But Trump’s DOJ says the legal argument doesn’t hold up.

“There is no evidence that the parties to the NPA intended for the co-conspirators clause to benefit her,” DOJ attorneys argued, according to ABC News. “The government was not even aware of [Maxwell’s] role in Epstein’s scheme at that time.”

A controversial clause and a long shadow

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Maxwell’s team insists the deal’s language is clear—and binding.

“Despite the existence of a non-prosecution agreement promising in plain language that the United States would not prosecute any co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein,” her attorneys wrote, “the United States in fact prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell.”

The 2008 NPA—negotiated in Florida by federal prosecutors—has long been criticized for allowing Epstein to avoid serious federal charges in exchange for pleading guilty to state offenses. That deal, reached under immense political scrutiny, has been the subject of multiple reviews, particularly after Epstein died in jail in 2019.

Trump’s DOJ pushes back, Maxwell pushes higher

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Maxwell’s attorney David Oscar Markus issued a sharply worded statement Monday, even invoking the president by name.

“I’d be surprised if President Trump knew his lawyers were asking the Supreme Court to let the government break a deal,” Markus said. “He’s the ultimate dealmaker—and I’m sure he’d agree that when the United States gives its word, it should keep it.”

Markus added that the timing is politically sensitive given rising public concern over selective prosecution and ongoing secrecy around Epstein’s associates.

But advocates for Epstein’s victims aren’t buying it.

“Ghislaine Maxwell should remain in prison for the horrific crimes she committed,” said Sigrid McCawley, an attorney who has represented multiple victims. “This appeal is simply another attempt to escape accountability.”

The broader Epstein fallout

The renewed legal drama comes amid ongoing public frustration over the government’s handling of the Epstein case, especially the still-unreleased client list and theories about elite involvement. The Trump administration has worked to quash speculation, recently publishing a DOJ memo concluding there was no foul play or blackmail ring behind Epstein’s death.

Still, many questions remain unanswered—and Maxwell’s Supreme Court bid adds a new layer of legal complexity.

Can a secretive immunity clause from 2008 still protect someone convicted more than a decade later—or is this just another legal escape hatch for the elite?

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