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Mega Edition: Ghislaine Maxwell Pushes For a Gag Order In Her Trial And The Judge Responds (9/12/26)
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers pushed for a sweeping gag order almost immediately after her 2020 arrest, asking Judge Alison Nathan to prohibit prosecutors, government agents and lawyers for potential witnesses from making public statements about the criminal case. The defense argued that the enormous publicity surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell threatened her ability to receive a fair trial before an impartial jury and wanted the court to impose restrictions beyond the professional rules that already governed lawyers involved in the case. The request was part of a broader Maxwell strategy…
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