She would have been vetted as a credible witness prior to testimony wouldn’t she? I don’t know how that process works Just looking ahead at how they will attempt to discredit this
They tried to crush their credibility the entire time on the stand by the sounds of it. But isn't that what any good defense lawyer would do?
In Federal Court, no. Each district has its own "local rules" regarding sealing of records. It's not at all uncommon in sex abuse/exploitation cases, though. That's normally to protect the victims.
That could also be it. It's also not at all uncommon for federal prosecutors to request the record be sealed for that reason.
Not necessarily related to this, but is it feasible for a judge to order the victims names redacted from all sealed evidence then have it unsealed?
I feel gross writing this, and not to be that lawyer guy, but the book will probably contain lots of names of associates who didn’t engage in any sex acts with Epstein’s victims. I have no idea how many of them would even know about that shit going on. Those who did engage in sexual acts with Epstein’s victims should be prosecuted, obviously. But I think there probably are legitimate privacy and reputational injuries that would support withholding disclosure of the contacts list, evidenced by it already being referred to as Maxwell’s black book.
FBI currently has another investigation going on per a cross examination question of a defense witness.
It’s not gross. Releasing a bunch of names without context, especially in the social media world, could be damaging to a lot of (potentially) innocent people.
If you’re wealthy and sus enough to get invited to the kid rape island or penthouse you can afford to pay to have a firm run PR interference. Fuck em.
Still kills me that only Maxwell and Epstein will face criminal charges for this. Actual human trafficking and pedophilia by elites is of no interest to qanoners
Ultimately isn’t part of why prince Andrew did the things he did is because this was the worst case scenario for him?