An email dated July 6, 2020 from a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York arranging a pretrial interview for Ghislaine Maxwell with her defense attorneys ahead of her bail hearing.

This is an internal coordination email sent by Assistant United States Attorney Maurene Comey (daughter of former FBI Director James Comey) to arrange a pretrial interview between Ghislaine Maxwell and her defense attorneys, Christian Everdell and Mark Cohen. The email references case number 20 Cr. 330 (AJN), which is the federal sex trafficking case against Maxwell. The bail hearing referenced took place on July 14, 2020, where Maxwell was denied bail after Judge Alison Nathan determined the flight risk was 'simply too great.'

Key Highlights

• •Documents the formal legal process immediately following Maxwell's arrest on July 2, 2020
• •Identifies her defense team: Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell of Cohen & Gresser, both former federal prosecutors who later defended Sam Bankman-Fried
• •The prosecutor Maurene Comey is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey
• •Maxwell was denied bail at the hearing, with the judge citing her wealth, multiple citizenships, and evidence of deceptive behavior

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