The new filing came in response to a Justice Department brief that argued the justices should leave Maxwell's criminal convictions intact.

The Supreme Court could decide in late September whether to hear Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal of her 2021 sex-trafficking conviction.

Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate who was convicted of sex trafficking, has said she was improperly prosecuted and wants the Supreme Court to hear her appeal.

Former prosecutors and lawyers for victims question what occurred and who was present during two days of interviews with the Jeffrey Epstein accomplice and convicted sex trafficker.

Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dick Durbin (Ill.) is demanding that the Justice Department turn over all recordings, transcripts and notes from its interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell,

The Department of Justice said Tuesday it has reached out to Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid backlash over the administration’s handling of files related to Epstein.