British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell urged the Supreme Court on July 28 to toss her sex-trafficking convictions, alleging that the federal government violated an immunity deal when it prosecuted her.
The legal filing came after the former associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein met with Department of Justice officials on July 24. Epstein was a convicted sex offender who died in custody in 2019 while under indictment for sex trafficking.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche previously said officials contacted Maxwell to figure out whether she “has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims.”
Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 in New York on five counts of sex trafficking, including conspiracy to traffic minors. In June 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. She is currently incarcerated at a federal correctional institution in Tallahassee, Florida….