Overview

• Maxwell’s legal team formally filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of her 2021 conviction for helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit underage girls.
• The Justice Department under President Trump asked a Manhattan judge to unseal grand jury transcripts in the Epstein and Maxwell cases, shifting political pressure onto key evidence.
• Attorneys for Maxwell are preparing a habeas corpus filing that will argue new evidence of government misconduct could overturn her sentence.
• Her brother Ian warned that overcrowding at FCI Tallahassee increases her risk from high-security inmates.
• Senator Ron Wyden has called for the Treasury Department to release a trove of Epstein-related financial records amid suspicions of hidden wire transfers and corporate ties.