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demmiblue

(36,845 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 09:27 AM Jul 2020

Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested, Sources Say

Source: NBC

Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite and heiress who became a confidante of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and was later accused of involvement in his alleged sexual crimes, has been arrested by the FBI, two senior law enforcement sources tell News 4 New York.

She was arrested in New Hampshire on Epstein-related charges and is expected to appear in a federal court later today, the sources say.

Spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan declined to comment.

The daughter of media baron Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine was a one-time girlfriend of Epstein's and was at the high-flying investor's side for decades.

Read more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ghislaine-maxwell-arrested-jeffrey-epstein-aide/2495762/?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&fbclid=IwAR2wcEU1UTK66eBEFquUJNUOTsMywqTMXbFg77WtXXEQHUO61l_Qbuh9zwA

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Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested, Sources Say (Original Post) demmiblue Jul 2020 OP
Yes! Great! Squinch Jul 2020 #1
Uh-oh... dixiechiken1 Jul 2020 #2
Perhaps they'll announce that she tests positive for Covid, quarantines, dies. lostnfound Jul 2020 #24
Let's hope she's watched more closely in jail than Epstein. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #3
Oh, she will be watched for the opportunity to commit 'suicide'! KWR65 Jul 2020 #13
Barr was responsible for Epstein, being over the prisons, and all. BComplex Jul 2020 #28
The Heir Apparent, an article that you don't know what to believe bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #4
Most interesting. Good find. empedocles Jul 2020 #12
The last video links so many people to Trump and Maxwell and Reagan bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #27
Ghislaine's father, Robert Maxwell, was a disgraced publisher who whathehell Jul 2020 #35
Bet she has receipts Ponietz Jul 2020 #5
And I bet Dump and his many sleazy associates are shitting themselves today. fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #16
The arrest has taken too long. christx30 Jul 2020 #23
Maxwell didn't kill herself IronLionZion Jul 2020 #6
I hope she has details stashed away safely so Barr doesn't suicide her. LiberalFighter Jul 2020 #7
What took them so long? Danascot Jul 2020 #8
Takes time to collect prosecutable evidence? at140 Jul 2020 #21
Me too. -- I'm just glad they finally got her. n/t whathehell Jul 2020 #36
the netflix documentary was eye opening AlexSFCA Jul 2020 #9
Pray tell empedocles Jul 2020 #10
I've only watched part of it NJCher Jul 2020 #34
It's about time - she's been laying low for way too long FakeNoose Jul 2020 #11
One can hope ghislaine . . . flips . . . soon. empedocles Jul 2020 #14
It's only going to happen if they have an airtight case FakeNoose Jul 2020 #17
A clearly defined tip of the iceberg case, might make a deal possible. empedocles Jul 2020 #18
In addition to "aiding and abbetting", she's been accused of forcing whathehell Jul 2020 #37
48 hours to perhaps 10 days until she's toast. She knows who it was, has the pictures and receipts. Ford_Prefect Jul 2020 #15
The ghost of the 'DC Madam' empedocles Jul 2020 #19
Ghost is what she'll soon be, you heard it here. Ford_Prefect Jul 2020 #30
Hopefully there will be some good people, who learned from epstein's 'suicide', etc. empedocles Jul 2020 #33
Yep, she'll be suicided. poli-junkie Jul 2020 #20
Sooner than a nursing home patient? at140 Jul 2020 #22
Please don't say that.. She's scum, but she doesn't deserve murder. n/t whathehell Jul 2020 #31
Lock her up NOW! CountAllVotes Jul 2020 #25
Two connected things Lulu KC Jul 2020 #26
Yes, I was wondering about this Tumbulu Jul 2020 #40
Dershowitz is sweating Mike 03 Jul 2020 #29
Kick dalton99a Jul 2020 #32
Another chokehold "suicide" coming right up Warpy Jul 2020 #38
I am wondering Star-Thrower Jul 2020 #39
this is being connected with barrs recent firing of the NYC attorney, was he trying to stop this yaesu Jul 2020 #41
It's not about the girls, it's about Epstein and Trump's money laundering. And stealing flying_wahini Jul 2020 #42
Lots of politicians on both sides sweating right now 😂 Raine Jul 2020 #43

lostnfound

(16,177 posts)
24. Perhaps they'll announce that she tests positive for Covid, quarantines, dies.
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:55 AM
Jul 2020

Who could prove otherwise.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
3. Let's hope she's watched more closely in jail than Epstein.
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 09:35 AM
Jul 2020

It would seem this case could drag out for quite some time.

BComplex

(8,049 posts)
28. Barr was responsible for Epstein, being over the prisons, and all.
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 11:42 AM
Jul 2020

Always makes you wonder what Barr had to hide.

bucolic_frolic

(43,144 posts)
27. The last video links so many people to Trump and Maxwell and Reagan
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 11:38 AM
Jul 2020

to the fall of the Soviet Union, Brighton Beach, Iran Contra, mob hits, politicians, banks, and more. Incredible roundtable.

https://s184.podbean.com/pb/f1bad5bf060f6ecf4907d22d2b32ccbc/5efdfa17/data2/fs36/5274531/uploads/HISTORY_RHYMES_THREE__9nk00.mp4?

Maybe all the connections are a reason everything never seems to come out. So many important people linked to it, innocently or not.

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
35. Ghislaine's father, Robert Maxwell, was a disgraced publisher who
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 12:06 PM
Jul 2020

Last edited Thu Jul 2, 2020, 12:36 PM - Edit history (1)

robbed his employees pension fund. Nice guy.

He died by drowning under "mysterious circumstances", authorities undecided as to whether it was suicide or
murder".

christx30

(6,241 posts)
23. The arrest has taken too long.
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:52 AM
Jul 2020

Bet she’s had plenty of time to destroy truckloads of evidence. Any trial is going to a sham. Nothing will come out.

IronLionZion

(45,433 posts)
6. Maxwell didn't kill herself
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 09:50 AM
Jul 2020

I hope she rats out every perverted asshole, with receipts and other documented evidence.

NJCher

(35,660 posts)
34. I've only watched part of it
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 12:04 PM
Jul 2020

and found it to be very good. I didn't think there was much they could tell me about this story, but they did. Intend to watch the rest.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
11. It's about time - she's been laying low for way too long
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:22 AM
Jul 2020

Jeffrey Epstein never implicated Ghislaine Maxwell, as far as I know. The news stories were usually about him pleading "Fifth" whenever investigators asked about Maxwell's involvement with his procurement services. Of course Epstein never went to trial and a lot of his testimony and documents have been put on ice since his death.

Maxwell needs to face charges of her own, regardless of Epstein. Multiple victims have accused her of aiding and abetting Epstein, and she's allegedly responsible for recruiting many underage girls for Epstein's "business." Maxwell has been laying low in New England for the last few years, and she was just arrested in New Hampshire today.

Maybe the connection to Chump will finally come out in her response to the charges. One can always hope!

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
17. It's only going to happen if they have an airtight case
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:38 AM
Jul 2020

She's been in court before but only for private lawsuits, not to answer federal charges.

This is a different kind of animal, and one hopes the prosecutors have proof and documents from Epstein's estate. Otherwise she could weasel out of the charges without telling anything. I'm guessing that Bill Barr doesn't care one way or the other, as long as he can prevent her from naming Chump in anything.


empedocles

(15,751 posts)
18. A clearly defined tip of the iceberg case, might make a deal possible.
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:41 AM
Jul 2020

[Publicly, she is relatively unknown, so prosecutors have some leeway there].

whathehell

(29,067 posts)
37. In addition to "aiding and abbetting", she's been accused of forcing
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 12:22 PM
Jul 2020

girls to have sex with her, as well as Epstein, so it's not only aiding and abbetting'.

Ford_Prefect

(7,895 posts)
15. 48 hours to perhaps 10 days until she's toast. She knows who it was, has the pictures and receipts.
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 10:32 AM
Jul 2020

They'll do for her the way they did Deborah Jeane Palfrey.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
33. Hopefully there will be some good people, who learned from epstein's 'suicide', etc.
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 12:03 PM
Jul 2020

and they will be able to preserve the evidence and the witness even.

Lulu KC

(2,565 posts)
26. Two connected things
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 11:18 AM
Jul 2020

1. Berman steps down.
2. Just yesterday (?) it was ordered that Virginia Guiffre's attorney's destroy all documents related to Epstein.

When grand juries are meeting, aren't they all supposed to keep it a secret? Or do I have it mixed up with something else? How long do grand juries meet--is it days? Weeks?

Webs. I see webs underlying all of this.
November cannot come soon enough. And then January.

Warpy

(111,254 posts)
38. Another chokehold "suicide" coming right up
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 12:44 PM
Jul 2020

Too many rich men don't want the world to hear what she has to say.

Star-Thrower

(309 posts)
39. I am wondering
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 01:24 PM
Jul 2020

how long before AG Barr starts meddling in this. Oh what secrets and dirt she must be hiding. Better keep her on watch 24/7 with all cameras working.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
41. this is being connected with barrs recent firing of the NYC attorney, was he trying to stop this
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 03:35 PM
Jul 2020

arrest that will tie tRump in with Epstein?

flying_wahini

(6,589 posts)
42. It's not about the girls, it's about Epstein and Trump's money laundering. And stealing
Thu Jul 2, 2020, 03:56 PM
Jul 2020

DOJ software used for spying.
Just read this:

[link:https://www.wired.com/1993/01/inslaw/|
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