Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer says prison employees fired after her emails leaked
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: California attorney Leah Saffian, who represents Ghislaine Maxwell, said staff at the minimum-security prison camp in Texas where Maxwell is being held have been fired.
She said the terminations came after a whistleblower released alleged email exchanges between Maxwell and her lawyer to Rep Jamie Raskin earlier this week.
Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney slams Jamie Raskin for releasing private emails
Leah Saffian, who has represented Ghislaine Maxwell for years, criticized Rep Jamie Raskin in a statement released on Friday, November 14. She said Raskin’s decision to release Maxwell’s private attorney-client emails was “improper” and a “denial of justice.”
"The release to the media by Congressman Raskin (Democrat, Maryland), of Ms Maxwell’s privileged client-attorney email correspondence with me is as improper as it is a denial of justice."
Saffian also said prison employees faced “appropriate consequences,” adding, "They have been terminated for improper, unauthorized access to the email system used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to allow inmates to communicate with the outside world."
She added in the statement, "The provision of those emails to a federal official who then caused them to be shared with the media is a breach of constitutional protections. including the First, Sixth and Fourteenth amendments afforded to all prisoners."
The attorney emphasized, " For Rep Raskin to seek to make political capital from such publication and from the content of personal emails between Ms Maxwell and a family member is both shocking and reprehensible."
What did Jamie Raskin report about Ghislaine Maxwell?
Earlier this week, Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, shared information he said came from a whistleblower about Maxwell’s life inside the federal prison.
The whistleblower claimed Maxwell received special treatment and also said she is preparing to apply for a commutation of her 20-year sentence. The committee also received an email in which Maxwell told Saffian in early October that she planned to send materials “through the warden.”
“The House Judiciary Committee Minority’s letter was based on a range of documents and information shared with Committee staff by a whistleblower. None of the documents shared with the Committee from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) TRULINCS system was subject to the attorney client privilege,” a House Judiciary Democrat defended in a statement shared with CNN.
Maxwell’s lawyer, Leah Saffian, clarified in a statement released on November 14, writing, "Contrary to Rep Raskin’s assertion, Ms Maxwell has not requested a commutation - or made a Pardon – application to the second Trump Administration. Prior to any such application a Prisoner needs to demonstrate that all possible avenues of appeal have been exhausted."
The attorney reported, "Ms Maxwell will shortly be filing a Habeas petition with the Federal District Court (SDNY). Habeas petitions are distinct from petitions to the Supreme Court, in that they relate to prisoners’ rights and conviction challenges."
The statement concluded, "It shows that Ms Maxwell has every right to expect rapid and meaningful relief from the court, thus potentially obviating the need for any further action relating to her imprisonment."
