Mysterious ruling in Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case.
In a sealed letter, Maxwell tried to modify a protective order to allow her to file her criminal discovery under seal in her civil litigation.
The judge denies that as-yet-undisclosed request.
In a sealed letter, Maxwell tried to modify a protective order to allow her to file her criminal discovery under seal in her civil litigation.
The judge denies that as-yet-undisclosed request.
In an ironic twist, the judge says most of the materials leading to all this secret battling over what can be disclosed under seal in what case...
... are already on the public record. #transparency
... are already on the public record. #transparency
From all the secrecy, it's hard to know what, if anything, to make of this ruling, except:
* It's a bookmark of the furtive wrangling.
* Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers have a pattern of making arguments surrounding secrecy that multiple judges slam for lacking evidence.
* It's a bookmark of the furtive wrangling.
* Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers have a pattern of making arguments surrounding secrecy that multiple judges slam for lacking evidence.
The full ruling is here: documentcloud.org/documents/7199…
