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  "id": 3271265,
  "title": "Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘miscarriage of justice’ claims and bid for prison release",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/federal-judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-miscarriage-of-justice",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T13:35:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2026/08/25/federal-judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-miscarriage-of-justice-claims-and-bid-for-prison-release"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a federal court ruling, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer dismissed Ghislaine Maxwell's assertion that her conviction for sex trafficking was a \"complete miscarriage of justice.\" The judge deemed Maxwell's claims to be built on \"speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods.\" Maxwell argued in her habeas petition that new evidence would have led to her exoneration at her 2021 trial, and that false testimony influenced the jury's decision. However, Engelmayer stated that there was no fact Maxwell disputed that could have altered the trial's outcome. Maxwell's habeas petition was rejected as \"demonstrably meritless.\" Maxwell was arrested a year after Epstein's death in 2019 and was convicted of sex trafficking in 2021. She had been interviewed by the Justice Department in July 2025 and subsequently transferred to a prison in Texas.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s Request To Overturn Conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-request-to-overturn-conviction",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:20:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn conviction rejected",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ghislaine-maxwells-bid-to-overturn-conviction-rejected",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:34:27.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to overturn conviction for aiding Epstein",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-overturn-conviction-for-aiding-epstein",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:41:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to overturn conviction for aiding Epstein",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-overturn-conviction-for-aiding-epstein-3274553",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:41:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Federal judge declines Maxwell bid to toss conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/federal-judge-declines-maxwell-bid-to-toss-conviction",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:41:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘miscarriage of justice’ claim and bid for prison release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/federal-judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-miscarriage-of-justice-claim",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:53:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's effort to overturn sex-trafficking conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-effort-to-overturn-sex-trafficking",
        "published": "2026-08-25T13:56:22.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'miscarriage of justice' claim and bid for prison release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/federal-judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-miscarriage-of-justice-claim-3275438",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:00:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "US judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'frivolous' appeal against conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/us-judge-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-frivolous-appeal-against",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:01:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Epstein’s accomplice Maxwell loses bid to overturn US conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/epsteins-accomplice-maxwell-loses-bid-to-overturn-us-conviction",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:30:05.000Z"
      }
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