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In reply to the discussion: JUST IN: Maxwell appealing to SCOTUS TOMORROW for retrial. [View all]onenote
(45,934 posts)39. There isn't going to be discovery. She isn't seeking a new trial.
As pointed out multiple times above, she isn't filing anything tomorrow. She filed a petition for certiorari in April. The government's response is due tomorrow. The issue -- the ONLY issue -- being raised is whether she shouldn't have been prosecuted because of a 2007 plea deal that she claims gave immunity not only to Epstein but to unnamed co-conspirators.
If cert is granted, the court will decide whether she should have been prosecuted or not. If so, she loses and her conviction stands. If not, the conviction is vacated and that's the end of it because she can't be prosecuted.
Discovery has absolutely nothing to do with this case at this point.
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yeah... given what Pam Bondi had drumpf have said recently, I heard a few people asking "if all this is true, then
Takket
Jul 2025
#4
She facilitated dozens of sexual abuse crimes. Found and trained the young women. nt
allegorical oracle
Jul 2025
#9
She was convicted. Her appeal challenges her having been tried after a plea deal was entered in another circuit.
onenote
Jul 2025
#17
She is not appealing tomorrow. She already appealed. Tomorrow is the deadline for the government response
onenote
Jul 2025
#15
Would you trust her not to name folks Trump doesn't like as a way of currying favor with him?
onenote
Jul 2025
#24