Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is pictured outside Number 10 Downing Street in a photograph released as part of the long-awaited Epstein files.
Maxwell, who is currently serving 20 years for her role in recruiting and trafficking minors for sex on behalf of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, is pictured in one photograph outside the Prime Minister’s office in London.
The context in which the picture was taken is unknown, as is the date of the photograph.
Others pictured in the files released tonight include Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Sarah Ferguson, Bill Clinton, and Mick Jagger.
Those pictured in the files have not necessarily been engaged in any wrongdoing. Many of those identified in previous releases have denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.
Maxwell had formally asked a federal court to throw out her sex trafficking conviction on Wednesday, just 48 hours before the Epstein files were expected to be published.
Maxwell claimed ‘substantial new evidence has emerged’ which shows she did not receive a fair trial, according to the filing reviewed by ABC News.
Maxwell wrote: ‘This newly available evidence – derived from litigation against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, various financial institutions, and the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein, as well as from sworn depositions, released records, and other verified sources – shows that exculpatory information was withheld, false testimony presented, and material facts misrepresented to the jury and the Court.’
A photograph of Ghislaine Maxwell pictured outside Number 10 Downing Street – the offices of the UK Prime Minister – has been released as part of the Epstein files tonight
Sarah Ferguson is also pictured in the files. The context of the photographs is unknown, as is the date they were taken
Jeffrey Epstein’s madam is serving 20 years for her role in recruiting and trafficking minors for sex on his behalf
The disgraced socialite’s last-ditch effort, submitted without an attorney, comes after she has exhausted all of her direct legal appeals.
Hundreds of thousands of documents, including court records, footage and images, were uploaded on Friday night to the US Department of Justice website, which held users in a queue as it experienced an ‘extremely high volume of search requests’.
The data dump came after US deputy attorney general Todd Blanche said ‘several hundred thousand’ documents from the so-called ‘Epstein files’ would be released ahead of a legal deadline, but the need to protect the sex offender’s victims meant thousands more would be released over the coming weeks.
The US Department of Justice are legally obligated to make all files related to the investigation into Epstein public by midnight today, Friday December 18, following the passing of the Epstein Files Transparency Act one month ago, on November 18.
US President Donald Trump signed the legislation last month to ensure the release of the files, despite previously resisting disclosure and claiming the issue was a ‘Democrat hoax’.
The paedophile financier Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019 while he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.
The law has some exemptions tied to it, including allowing Attorney General Pam Bondi to withhold certain records if their publication could interfere with an active prosecution or criminal investigations.
Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 after prosecutors presented evidence that she procured girls as young as 14 for abuse by Epstein. She is serving a 20-year sentence in Florida.