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The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

Maxwell is serving 20 years and recently was transferred from a Florida prison to a Texas prison camp.

Her lawyers argued that she never should have been tried or convicted for her role in luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein.

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On the first day of their new term, the justices declined to take up a case that would have drawn renewed attention to the sordid sexual-abuse saga.

As is their custom, the justices did not explain why they turned away the appeal.

Trump’s Republican administration had urged the hig

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