Thread by @KlasfeldReports

"U.S. Appeals Court Affirms Conviction for Drug Lord 'El Chapo,' Rejecting Defense Claims of 'Breathtaking Juror Misconduct'"

Coming soon: Expert @MitchellEpner explains why the 2nd Circ's ruling shows "major hurdles" for Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal goes to the Second Circuit, and her request for a new trial is governed by its precedent.

In rejecting a new trial for El Chapo, a three-judge panel reiterated the high bar for even probing alleged juror misconduct.

That said, Epner—a former sex trafficking prosecutor—noted that the juror conduct at issue here is different from the Chapo case.

Chapo's appeal involved "unsworn, uncorroborated statements" by "one unidentified juror."

In Maxwell, the juror is known and spoke widely.

A second juror said something similar to the NYT.

The UK Daily Mail, citing a source, reported Maxwell's lawyers claimed to have found a third.

“So for all of those reasons, I think that the El Chapo decision does not preclude Ghislaine Maxwell from being able to get an evidentiary hearing or a new trial,” Epner told me. “It simply shows that she’s going to have to meet a very high standard.”

Read the fuller analysis inside the now-updated story at the top of the thread.