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A judge has denied a joint attempt by Ghislaine Maxwell and federal prosecutors to keep details of the jury selection process in her trial hidden from the public. Maxwell, an intimate friend of Jeffrey Epstein, faces sex trafficking charges related to her well known role as the chief procurer for Epstein and his circle of wealthy and powerful associates. The case is being watched with understandable interest by the public given what happened to Jeffrey Epstein before he could face trial.
Maxwell attempts to keep the public out
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan has ruled that the public will be allowed to watch the jury selection process, denying the joint effort to keep the media out.
Both prosecution and defense lawyers had agreed to ask the judge to keep the questions to be asked to prospective jurors from public view.
Maxwell, who is pleading not guilty, reportedly fears that working class jurors will resent her extravagant lifestyle. Some of the questions for potential jurors are designed to screen out individuals who might react negatively to her wealth
Epstein himself died in very questionable circumstances before his trial was able to begin; the public does not want anything to be hidden from view this time.
The public perception certainly is that Ghislaine will be able to provide details about the behavior of rich and powerful individuals who spent time with Epstein.
Bill Clinton, Alan Dershowitz, Steven Pinker, Bill Gates, the Duke of York, Donald Trump (for a time) and dozens of other major public figures are known to have been friends and associates of Epstein. Even Stephen Hawking is known to have taken a trip to Epstein’s notorious private island.
What does she know?
The fact that prosecutors are willing to make any concessions at all for Maxwell is a bad sign for members of the public who want to hear what she knows.
Beyond the sex trafficking and abuse, Epstein and Maxwell appear to have been at the center of a massive blackmailing operation which implicated a huge variety of public figures.
Ghislaine may very well have been an equal partner to Epstein in orchestrating their operations; given who her father was, it seems likely that she was brought up in the world of espionage and corruption.
Robert Maxwell, a leftist politician and builder of a media empire in the United Kingdom, is believed to have been an asset of both the Soviet KGB and the Israeli Mossad.
Robert, like Epstein, died under mysterious circumstances. If Ghislaine is also tied to powerful intelligence agencies then it hardly seems likely that the public will learn anything satisfactory from her trial.
Still, that the public will at least be allowed to watch proceedings as they occur without being completely shut out is a step in the right direction.
