Paul A. Engelmayer
American lawyer and U.S. District Judge (born 1961)
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Maxwell’s claims are all meritless and all or almost all are frivolous,
- Engelmayer wrote in his ruling on the former British socialite’s legal gambitGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
- Engelmayer wrote,... according to The GuardianThe News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1414277…
Maxwell’s petition falls very far from the mark,
Nearly all its claims are procedurally barred; the overwhelming testimonial and documentary evidence adduced at trial conclusively established her guilt; and her petition's claims are demonstrably meritless, and generally based on speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods,
- Engelmayer wroteEuronewseuronews.com/2026/08…South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/world…
- Judge Englemayer wrote on TuesdayThe News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1413595…
Maxwell's claims are all meritless and all or almost all are frivolous,
- What they're saying... U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a 67-page opinionAxiosaxios.com/2026/08…
- according to Tuesday’s order from New York District Judge Paul EngelmayerThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
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Ghislaine Maxwell's hopes of freedom may now rest on Trump pardon, experts say
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1414277…Ghislaine Maxwell seems to be all but guaranteed to have run out of legal avenues to challenge her conviction for her involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of girls and young women with perhaps her lingering hopes of freedom resting on a pardon from the Trump administration
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell loses 'frivolous' bid to overturn US conviction
Euronewseuronews.com/2026/08…Judge Paul G. Engelmayer rejected Maxwell’s petition asking the court to throw out her conviction and prison sentence, after she was convicted on sex trafficking charges connected to her work with Jeffrey Epstein and sentenced to 20 years in prison
Forbes UKforbes.com/sites/alisondurkee…Ex-Citigroup managing director sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes
CNNcnn.com/2026/07…Edward Gene Smith, 50, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer after he pleaded guilty to sex crimes, receiving child pornography and obstructing justice
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…Thousands of Epstein documents taken down after victims identified
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Evidence in multiple legal and criminal cases has also shed light on these connections
Reutersreuters.com/world/us…Epstein files expected to be released ‘in the near term’: DOJ
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/administr…Attorney General Pam Bondi has appealed for more time to release the Justice Department's cache of files relating to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, more than a month after the December deadline passed
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Ghislaine Maxwell to testify before House committee investigating handling of Epstein case
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/us/ghislaine…More than a month has passed since the deadline for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all its files related to the investigations into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Timetime.com/7355932/epstein…Court Denies Lawmakers Seeking Independent Monitor of Epstein Files
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/01…Comer announced the scheduled deposition during a committee markup of resolutions to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt for defying subpoenas as part of the panel's Epstein probe
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/congress…Justice Department asks federal judge to deny special master for Epstein files
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/india/news…But U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie have criticized the department's slow pace
Reutersreuters.com/world/us…Congress rails against the DOJ’s skirting of Epstein: ‘The exact opposite of what they’re supposed to do’
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Khanna and Massie also pointed to the justice department’s failure to submit required reports within 15 days of the deadline to the House and Senate judiciary committees detailing redactions and other records withheld from release
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ripped the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday for blowing past deadlines in its release of information related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/senate…