An attorney for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell told a CNN panel that defendants like his client who cooperate with the government typically do so in order to get something in return.

During an appearance Monday on CNN NewsNight, attorney Arthur Aidala told host Abby Phillip that he didn’t know the details of Maxwell’s transfer to a lower-security prison after she met with Trump’s Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in July.

But asked why Maxwell was moved to a “cushier prison” following the two-day interview, Aidala said he could “talk in generalities.”

“When anybody who’s represented by a lawyer who knows what they’re doing goes in and meets with the government, there’s always a quid pro quo,” he said. “You don’t just take your client in and say, ‘Let me talk to you abo

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