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Explainer-Who are the major players in Maxwell's sex abuse trial?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Opening statements in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial are expected to begin on Monday, nearly 17 months after prosecutors alleged the British socialite recruited and groomed underage girls to give "sexualized massages" to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Here is a summary of the individuals likely to play a major role in the trial, which is expected to last six weeks.
THE DEFENDANT
Maxwell, 59, rose to prominence https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-investigation/who-is-ghislaine-maxwell-the-epstein-confidant-detained-by-the-fbi-idUSKBN243221 as the daughter of late British media magnate Robert Maxwell, who owned tabloids including the Daily Mirror. Robert Maxwell died in 1991 https://www.reuters.com/article/people-ghislainemaxwell-factbox/ghislaine-maxwell-socialites-arrest-highlights-royal-connection-idINKBN24724V, when his body was found floating near the Canary Islands after he went over the side of his yacht - named the Lady Ghislaine.
Maxwell moved to New York in the early 1990s and became romantically involved with Epstein, an investor who befriended elite executives and politicians. Epstein died by suicide https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein/epstein-found-dead-in-jail-was-not-on-suicide-watch-idUSKCN1V00GM at age 66 in 2019 in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex abuse charges.
In July of 2020, Maxwell was arrested https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/jeffrey-epstein-friend-ghislaine-maxwell-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges-idUSKBN24321V at a spacious, remote home in New Hampshire and later transferred to Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ghislaine-maxwell-sex-crimes-trial-highlights-conditions-brooklyn-jail-2021-11-18 (MDC).
THE ACCUSERS
Federal prosecutors' indictment of Maxwell details her interactions with four alleged underage victims. Prosecutors say Maxwell "groomed" them by doting on them and undressing in front of them to "normalize" inappropriate conduct.
One accuser who is expected to testify, Annie Farmer, has publicly identified herself. Farmer said she was 16 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ghislaine-maxwell-cannot-compel-epstein-accuser-divulge-settlement-payment-us-2021-02-10 when Epstein abused her at his New Mexico ranch in 1996. The indictment alleges Maxwell gave Farmer - referred to as Minor Victim-2 - an unsolicited massage while Farmer was topless, and encouraged her to massage Epstein.
The other three alleged victims will testify under pseudonyms https://www.reuters.com/world/us/maxwell-accusers-can-be-called-victims-sex-crimes-trial-judge-rules-2021-11-01.
THE EXPERTS
Maxwell's defense intends to call Elizabeth Loftus https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ghislaine-maxwell-challenge-claims-she-groomed-underage-girls-epstein-2021-11-08, a psychology professor at the University of California at Irvine who argues that people can be manipulated into having "false memories." She has testified in or consulted for hundreds of trials, including those of O.J. Simpson and Harvey Weinstein.
The prosecution plans to call Lisa Rocchio https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-bid-bar-psychologist-testifying-sex-crimes-trial-2021-11-10/#:~:text=Ghislaine%20Maxwell%20loses%20bid%20to%20bar%20psychologist%20from%20testifying%20at%20sex%20crimes%20trial,-By%20Luc%20Cohen&text=NEW%20YORK%2C%20Nov%2010%20(Reuters,testifying%20at%20her%20upcoming%20trial, a psychologist who has studied how underage sexual abuse victims who have been "groomed" may not immediately recognize their experiences as abuse and sometimes do not come forward until years later.
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Patriots, rest assured we are in control.
Watch, confirm, and disseminate.
The country is not divided, this is fake news. ANTIFA was organized purely for optics re: division.
It's FAKE!
Estimated 4-6% we consider ‘hopeless' and forever brainwashed.
Re-read crumbs re: slave grip the D's have on theblack pop.
Why is this relevant?
Why are jobs/economy (growth) relevant?
This requires a DEEP CLEANING.
These people are stupid.
You are safe.
Have faith.
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'Gifts from the Heart' is Biden White House Christmas theme
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Gifts from the Heart” is the theme of President Joe Biden's first White House Christmas.
First lady Jill Biden was scheduled on Monday to unveil decorations matching the theme, said to be inspired by people the couple met as they traveled the country this year.
“The things we hold sacred unite us and transcend distance, time, and even the constraints of a pandemic: faith, family, and friendship; a love of the arts, learning, and nature; gratitude, service, and community; unity and peace," the Bidens write in a commemorative 2021 White House holiday guidebook. "These are the gifts that tie together the heart strings of our lives. These are the gifts from the heart."
The decor features a gigantic gingerbread White House that recognizes front-line workers who persevered through the coronavirus pandemic, while the official Christmas tree — an 18-foot-tall (5.5-meter tall) Fraser fir — celebrates the gifts of peace and unity, the White House said.
With the Bidens spending Thanksgiving week in Nantucket, Massachusetts, more than 100 volunteers set about decorating the executive mansion — including the Oval Office — with 41 Christmas trees, some 6,000 feet (2,000 yards) of ribbon and more than 10,000 ornaments.
Twenty-five wreaths adorn the north and south sides of the building, and nearly 79,000 lights illuminate the Christmas trees, garlands, wreaths and other holiday displays.
Jill Biden has invited a second grade class from Malcolm Elementary School in Waldorf, Maryland, to help her reveal the decorations, the White House said. PBS KIDS characters Martin and Chris Kratt from the program “Wild Kratts” will also be on hand.
Before a PBS puppet show for the schoolkids, the first lady will read her 2012 children's book, “Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops,” and deliver remarks thanking the team of volunteer decorators.
She also invited a local National Guard family to highlight the role the Guard has played in the U.S. response to COVID-19, as well as military families spending the holidays away from loved ones.
Reporters will tour the decorated White House before the formal unveiling.
“As we celebrate our first holiday season in the White House, we are inspired by the Americans we have met across the country, time and again reminding us that our differences are precious and our similarities infinite,” the Bidens wrote. “We wish you a happy, healthy, and joyous holiday season. As we look to a new year full of possibility, may gifts from the heart light our path forward.”
On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, marked the start of Hanukkah, by helping to light the National Menorah on the Ellipse.
The official White House Christmas tree, always set up in the Blue Room, is decorated with peace doves carrying a banner embossed with the names of the 50 states and the U.S. territories. Jill Biden tweeted a photo of the tree early Monday.
The Gingerbread White House, which weighs hundreds of pounds, includes eight detailed replicas of community buildings that represent front-line workers.
The White House may see less foot traffic this holiday season as public tours remain suspended due to COVID-19, but videos, photos and details about the Christmas decorations are to be made available for viewing at WhiteHouse.gov/Holidays.
Still to come throughout the holiday season are various interactive viewing experiences to be made available on Instagram, Google Maps Street View, Snapchat and other platforms, the White House said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gifts-heart-biden-white-house-102351832.html