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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge to her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein .

The decision means that Maxwell’s conviction on three counts and her 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

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Maxwell’s lawyers argued in court papers that an agreement Epstein made with prosecutors in Florida, in which the then-U.S. attorney pledged not to prosecute him or potential co-conspirators, should apply to one of the three counts in her case, which was prosecuted in New York. A statue titled “Best Friends Forever” depicting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands appear

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