Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney, Leah Safian, has confirmed that multiple federal prison officials have been FIRED for illegally hacking into Maxwell’s privileged attorney-client emails, emails that were then leaked directly to Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, who exposed them to the media as political propaganda.
Raskin, a member of the House Oversight Committee, apparently believes that his high-ranking position as a former law professor gives him license to trample on the Bill of Rights.
By leaking Maxwell’s privileged correspondence to the media, he is not only undermining the legal process, but also violating her constitutional rights, including the First Amendment’s protection of confidential communications, the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of effective counsel, and the Fourteenth Amendment’s promise of due process that applies to every American, prisoner or not.
According to Saffian:
– Employees at Bryan Prison hacked into Maxwell’s email system
– They stole confidential communications from the attorneys
– They forwarded them to a federal official – Raskin
– Raskin then leaked them to the press under the false label of “whistleblower”
According to the press release:
“The release to the media of privileged email correspondence between Ms. Maxwell’s client and attorney and myself by Congressman Raskin (D-Md.) is as improper as it is a denial of justice.
Congressman Raskin is a member of the House Oversight Committee, an attorney, and a law professor. He must be aware that his conduct undermines the entire legal process. His actions should be subject to professional disciplinary action.
Employees at the Bryan Federal Prison have already suffered appropriate consequences. They were fired for improper, unauthorized access to the email system used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to allow prisoners to communicate with the outside world.”
Providing these emails to a federal official, who then caused them to be shared with the media, is a violation of constitutional protections, including the First, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments, afforded to all prisoners.
Disguising the improper conduct as “whistleblower information” does not diminish the fact that the emails were both illegally obtained and used for unconstitutional purposes. It is clear that the representative or his office made no effort to verify the credibility or veracity of the so-called “whistleblower.” That Representative Raskin is attempting to make political capital out of such a release and the contents of private emails between Ms. Maxwell and a family member is both shocking and reprehensible.
Maxwell’s attorney directly called Raskin out for falsely implying that Maxwell was seeking clemency.
That was a lie.
Safian said Maxwell never asked for clemency. She did not ask Trump or anyone else to intervene. Her petition is about exposing misconduct, not seeking clemency.