Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 313 Filed 07/09/21 Page 1 of 3
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July 9, 2021
Honorable Alison J. Nathan
United States District Judge
United States Courthouse
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New York, NY 10007
Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell
S2 20 Cr. 330 (AJN)
Dear Judge Nathan:
The below-signed counsel of record for Ghislaine Maxwell submit this letter in response
to the Court’s order of July 2, 2021. (Dkt. 312).
Ms. Maxwell’s counsel of record have scrupulously complied with Local Criminal Rule
23.1 and assiduously refrained from any involvement with the media, despite repeated, persistent
and borderline-harassing requests for comment. The statements in the New York Daily News
Op-Ed piece were from Mr. Markus, who is not counsel of record in this case. These statements
did not violate Rule 23.1. Nevertheless, it is appropriate that Mr. Markus, not Ms. Maxwell’s
counsel of record, be afforded the opportunity to address the government’s unfounded
complaints by separate letter response.!
We feel compelled to point out, however, that the government’s position betrays a
double standard that exists for public statements made by the government, its agents, and the
alleged accusers and their counsel.
After Ms. Maxwell was arrested just over a year ago, Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey
Strauss gave a deliberate press conference in blatant violation of Rule 23.1 espousing comment
and opinion beyond the facts and circumstances of the arrest. The government filed a “speaking
' Indeed, the government’s letter to the Court raising this issue was directed to Mr. Markus, not counsel of
record.
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