Ghislaine Maxwell had a cellphone wrapped in tin foil 'to evade detection'

[ffr]

Source: NBC News

Prosecutors revealed new details of what took place the day Maxwell was arrested and argued they underscore the risks of allowing her out of detention. They also pointed to her wealth, saying she controls a Swiss trust worth $4 million and has an account in England that has at times held over $2 million.
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When FBI agents arrived at her home in rural Bradford on July 2, they breached the gate and then directed her private security guard to open the front door, the court papers say.

Through a window, the agents spotted Maxwell trying to flee.
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Maxwell was charged in a six-count indictment alleging that she enticed minors, some as young as 14, who were abused by Epstein in the mid-1990s. A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday to decide whether Maxwell will be released from federal custody.


Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ghislaine-maxwell-had-cellphone-wrapped-tin-foil-evade-detection-n1233674

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But wait, there's more... NEWS: SDNY in new filing says additional witnesses have come forward willing to provide info to the FBI on Ghislaine Maxwell since charges filed, “which has the potential to make the Government’s case even stronger.”

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Don't touch that back button, because the ramifications could get even more juicy. If she strikes a deal with SDNY to go after a bigger fish, Epstein is already dead. There's one other big fish who hung out with Epstein and liked young little girls as much as he did. But that's only conjecture at this point.

[soothsayer]

1. Maybe.

I thought her attorneys had been in touch with the authorities for some time.

Idk, arrest stories all start to feel like “saddam in a spider hole” PR at some point.

[ffr]

2. She was in hiding. She had a security detail helping her. She attempted to conceal her whereabouts.

She attempted to flee once the FBI showed up.
She has money stashed around the world, in large sums.
She has knowledge of crimes and powerful people who may have committed heinous crimes.
And now SDNY is reporting they have additional witnesses who've come forward to make their case against her.

I suppose the initial question is, will she hold fast and refuse to cooperate or will she spill the beans?

[soothsayer]

3. I think she'll spill the beans if she can live long enough to

[CentralMass]

5. I had read that she was living in New Hampshire weeks ago. Her whereabouts were not a mystery.

[ffr]

6. I suppose then that she'll be on an upcoming episode of world's dumbest criminals.

[canetoad]

13. We have all seen the photos

She looks confident and self-assured. I needed to see a video, and found one on youtube. She comes across as a bit thick, not articulate and no confidence.

[Cha]

16. Hi ffr.. do you know any details how the FBI

did find out that she was in Bradford, NH?

It just occurred to me that I hadn't read anything on how that came about.

With all her money one would think she could pay people to keep tabs on if the Feds were closing in or not. The article does say she had British ex-military forces going out to buy supplies for her.

The court papers also noted that Maxwell had a private security team composed of former British military members and didn’t leave the home, relying on guards to go out to buy things with a credit card linked to a limited liability corporation set up to buy the 356-acre property.

If she were really smart I would think she'd be hiding in a country without extradition. Glad she wasn't.

[Progressive Jones]

10. She will sing like a canary. She'll do anything to save her ass. nt

[stopdiggin]

15. attempted to flee where?

was there a helicopter on the back lawn? A secret tunnel that emptied out into the sewer system?

You don't have to be a proponent of the accused to recognize a bit of PR "packaging" on the part of law enforcement. It's pretty transparent.

But, please .. proceed.

[bringthePaine]

4. what a moroon! everybody knows you're supposed to use it all for the damn hat...

[Judi Lynn]

7. The image of Trump in the lower photo is unbearably sleazy. Good grief.

The guy behind Trump is trying to drink himself blind.

Could there ever be a less wholesome person within miles of the White House?

[Xolodno]

9. Notice Melania is also arching her back towards Epstien...

...and Ghislaine is looking at Melania.

Not going to suggest anything, but been to enough swinger clubs to pick up on things.

[Xolodno]

8. A $40 pay as you go phone from Target...

....would have done that for her. Along with a few Visa gift cards to pay for it.

Use a false name on the phone, give it out only to your lawyer and pull the battery of your real phone out and destroy it. Of course, having a property in your name doesn't help much either.

But then, why stay in the USA...oh wait, Trump's disregard of the virus can't get her out of the country. How ironic.

[FakeNoose]

18. Everything you say is true but there's more

She was hiding out in New Hampshire, and before that she was somewhere in Massachusetts I think. You know how easy it would have been to get across into Canada from upper New England? She could drive over the border, or take a private boat, private plane or even walk over in some places. Once she made it to Canada it would have been much easier to avoid the FBI and perhaps even get a fake passport. Leaving Canada would have been even easier, and this gal knows her way around Europe.

Jeffrey is dead and she can no longer expect any help from him, but others are protecting her. Somebody extremely rich and well-connected. That's why she didn't leave the US. I don't think Ghislaine is very wealthy, but she knows people and she has info on people. She's betting that info will save her from prison or worse.

[Yavin4]

11. I have Richard Gere playing Epstein in the movie.

Who you got?

[mr_lebowski]

12. It looks like El Jeffe is secretly giving Smelania's undercarriage the old 'who's your father' (nt)

[cstanleytech]

14. Sounds like she should be denied bail.

[amuse bouche]

17. The pose of the trumps in that pic, is just so weird

[WhoWoodaKnew]

19. Why didn't she just move to a country that doesn't

send criminals back to the US? Was there a restriction on her travel?

That's what I don't get with some of these really evil (and rich) people. We can't touch them if they go certain places (which I'm sure we all hate).

Are they just arrogant? Do they think they're smarter than everyone else?