Despite the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial was conducted in public and open to the media, and Maxwell was convicted on federal sex trafficking charges, false claims persist that a coverup is afoot.
In one viral Facebook video, conservative commentator David J. Harris Jr. referred to the judge in the Maxwell case and asked, “Why in the world would they seal all the evidence and proof of who helped Ghislaine Maxwell sex traffic children?”
The caption on the video says, “Can the world say…. ‘Cover up!’”
The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)
The judge in the Maxwell case, Alison J. Nathan, did not order all of the evidence and proof sealed. Most of the evidence introduced at the trial has already been published by media outlets and is publicly available, including information about Jeffrey Epstein — whom Maxwell helped to sexually abuse minors over several years beginning in the 1990s — and other high-profile people.
Nathan did restrict the public release of one item, Maxwell’s address book, saying only certain pages could be used as evidence.
Maxwell’s trial in federal court ended Dec. 29, when she was convicted by a jury on five sex trafficking charges related to grooming underage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein.
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