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spooky3

(37,975 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:42 AM Oct 6

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SCOTUS denies Ghislaine Maxwell's release

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SCOTUS denies Ghislaine Maxwell's release (Original Post) spooky3 Oct 6 OP

They got something right. nt mcar Oct 6 #1

He is going to pardon her at the end of his term Jersey Devil Oct 6 #2

Unless he dies first moonscape Oct 6 #5

Or she does, which is more likely, in my opinion. She should be worried, to be honest. mucholderthandirt Oct 6 #17

Yup! PortTack Oct 6 #19

Good point! moonscape Oct 6 #24

I am very surprised by this Bettie Oct 6 #3

I'm not. GoCubsGo Oct 6 #6

Point taken Bettie Oct 6 #18

Yep. Plus this has nothing to to with any other element of their agenda Raven123 Oct 6 #22

Release the files instead Blues Heron Oct 6 #4

"Maxwell's Silver Slammer" came down upon her head! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 6 #7

Trump won: "Trump's Republican administration had urged the high court to stay out of the case." sop Oct 6 #8

And additionally one district can't direct another n/t off-the-clock Oct 6 #10

JMO. If she were pardoned on some technicality the rt and taco would all be claiming the whole thing was a fantasy PortTack Oct 6 #20

So OUR DOJ was trying to get her conviction overturned on behalf of the felon? spanone Oct 6 #9

No, the DOJ opposed her petition. onenote Oct 6 #14

"Unless" is doing a lot of work here... NM Grins Oct 6 #11

Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while surfered Oct 6 #12

Or,even a stopped clock is right ,twice a day. BattleRow Oct 6 #16

"Shhh....we don't want to wake those dormant files" Clouds Passing Oct 6 #13

I hope she starts dropping names ChicagoTeamster Oct 6 #15

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Gimpyknee Oct 6 #21

They didn't deny her release. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #23

mcar

(45,404 posts)

1. They got something right. nt

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:45 AM

Oct 6

Jersey Devil

(10,509 posts)

2. He is going to pardon her at the end of his term

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:47 AM

Oct 6

as long as she keeps her mouth shut.

moonscape

(5,589 posts)

5. Unless he dies first

Reply to Jersey Devil (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:02 AM

Oct 6

mucholderthandirt

(1,684 posts)

17. Or she does, which is more likely, in my opinion. She should be worried, to be honest.

Reply to moonscape (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:17 AM

Oct 6

Not about any of us, but about Trump and how much better it would be for him if she's gone. If she has any brains, she'd have a failsafe, that would release the files upon her death unless she dies a free woman of old age in her own bed. And heck, even then.

PortTack

(35,765 posts)

19. Yup!

Reply to mucholderthandirt (Reply #17)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:41 AM

Oct 6

moonscape

(5,589 posts)

24. Good point!

Reply to mucholderthandirt (Reply #17)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 08:16 PM

Oct 6

Bettie

(18,952 posts)

3. I am very surprised by this

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:50 AM

Oct 6

she'll be pardoned, of course, but not right now.

GoCubsGo

(34,437 posts)

6. I'm not.

Reply to Bettie (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:02 AM

Oct 6

They're afraid that releasing her will turn the spotlight back on the sexual predators in their own ranks.

Bettie

(18,952 posts)

18. Point taken

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:20 AM

Oct 6

that makes sense.

I generally expect them to do whatever that orange thing tells them to.

Raven123

(7,145 posts)

22. Yep. Plus this has nothing to to with any other element of their agenda

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:28 PM

Oct 6

Blues Heron

(7,779 posts)

4. Release the files instead

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:58 AM

Oct 6

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,254 posts)

7. "Maxwell's Silver Slammer" came down upon her head!

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:03 AM

Oct 6

sop

(16,406 posts)

8. Trump won: "Trump's Republican administration had urged the high court to stay out of the case."

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:05 AM

Oct 6

"On the first day of their new term, the justices declined to take up a case that would have drawn renewed attention to the sordid sexual-abuse saga after President Donald Trump's administration sought to tamp down criticism over its refusal to publicly release more investigative files from Epstein's case."

"Maxwell's lawyers contended that a non-prosecution agreement reached in 2007 by federal prosecutors in Miami and Epstein's lawyers also protected his 'potential co-conspirators' from federal charges anywhere in the country."

https://abc7.com/post/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-ghislaine-maxwell-imprisoned-former-girlfriend-jeffrey-epstein/17950093/

This turned out well for Trump. It keeps Maxwell "in prison," still hoping for a pardon. The last thing Trump wanted was Ghislaine free to make statements that would incriminate him.

off-the-clock

(294 posts)

10. And additionally one district can't direct another n/t

Reply to sop (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:16 AM

Oct 6

PortTack

(35,765 posts)

20. JMO. If she were pardoned on some technicality the rt and taco would all be claiming the whole thing was a fantasy

Reply to sop (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:45 AM

Oct 6

just made up…yes more so than now, and bury the files

spanone

(140,385 posts)

9. So OUR DOJ was trying to get her conviction overturned on behalf of the felon?

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:06 AM

Oct 6

Tellls America all they should need to know.

onenote

(45,722 posts)

14. No, the DOJ opposed her petition.

Reply to spanone (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:25 AM

Oct 6

Grins

(8,951 posts)

11. "Unless" is doing a lot of work here... NM

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:22 AM

Oct 6

surfered

(9,734 posts)

12. Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while

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Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:23 AM

Oct 6

BattleRow

(1,899 posts)

16. Or,even a stopped clock is right ,twice a day.

Reply to surfered (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:10 AM

Oct 6

Clouds Passing

(6,114 posts)

13. "Shhh....we don't want to wake those dormant files"

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:25 AM

Oct 6

ChicagoTeamster

(53 posts)

15. I hope she starts dropping names

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:35 AM

Oct 6

But if she does she'll probably wind up getting Epsteined.

Gimpyknee

(903 posts)

21. The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:19 PM

Oct 6

Ms. Toad

(37,864 posts)

23. They didn't deny her release.

Reply to spooky3 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:32 PM

Oct 6

They declined to even entertain her appeal.

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