Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to keep deposition excerpt secret

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s effort to keep under wraps an excerpt from a 2016 deposition that she fears could undermine her criminal trial on charges she aided the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and committed perjury.

“There is no reason not to unseal this portion of testimony,” the Manhattan-based judge wrote. “While the court acknowledges Ms. Maxwell’s interest in a fair criminal trial, Ms. Maxwell can argue all her points to the presiding judge in her criminal trial, as she has already.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-to-keep-deposition-excerpt-secret-idUSKBN2A827J

Man charged in Capitol riot says he worked for FBI, holds top secret security clearance

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/538018-man-charged-in-capitol-riot-says-he-worked-for-fbi-and-holds-top

A man who was charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot claims he’s worked for the FBI and holds top security clearance.

An attorney for Thomas Edward Caldwell, 66, made the revelation in a court filing on Monday arguing for Caldwell’s release from detention pending trial.

“He has held a Top Secret Security Clearance since 1979 and has undergone multiple Special Background Investigations in support of his clearances,” Caldwell’s attorney wrote.

Caldwell, a Navy veteran, worked as a section chief for the FBI from 2009 to 2010, and he also ran a consulting firm that performed work for several U.S. government agencies, his attorney wrote.

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.226728/gov.uscourts.dcd.226728.10.0_1.pdf