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Ghislaine Maxwell has virtually run out of legal routes to overturn conviction, experts say

a document shows a photograph of a woman
A document included in the US Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files shows a photo of Ghislaine Maxwell in 2019. Photograph: Jon Elswick/AP

Ghislaine Maxwell seems to be all but guaranteed to have run out of legal avenues to challenge her conviction for her involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of girls and young women with perhaps her lingering hopes of freedom resting on a pardon from the Trump administration.

Paul Engelmayer, a Manhattan federal court judge, last week rejected Maxwell’s contention that her constitutional rights were violated at trial and sentencing for her crimes. “Maxwell’s claims are all meritless and all or almost all are frivolous,” Engelmayer wrote in his ruling on the former British socialite’s legal gambit.

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