A June 2021 cover letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office transmitting discovery materials to Ghislaine Maxwell at the Metropolitan Detention Center during her federal prosecution.

This is a standard legal transmittal letter from the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office, signed by then-U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss, dated June 10, 2021. The letter instructs the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to provide Ghislaine Maxwell (inmate number 02879-509) access to enclosed discovery materials related to her criminal case (20 Cr. 330). This document is part of the prosecution's obligation to share evidence with the defense; prosecutors ultimately produced over 2.7 million pages of discovery in the Maxwell case.

Key Highlights

• •Official discovery transmittal letter from U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss to the Metropolitan Detention Center
• •Dated June 10, 2021, during the pre-trial phase of United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell
• •Maxwell was held at MDC Brooklyn under inmate number 02879-509 awaiting trial
• •Part of a massive discovery process involving nearly 3 million pages of evidence

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