New Filing: United States v. Maxwell (1:20-cr-00330)

District Court, S.D. New York

Relates to perjury counts

LETTER by USA as to Ghislaine Maxwell addressed to Judge Alison J. Nathan from Alison Moe, Maurene Comey, Lara Pomerantz, and Andrew Rohrbach dated January 18, 2022 re: Speedy Trial Act Document filed by USA. (Moe, Alison) (Entered: 01/18/2022)

January 18, 2022

By ECF

The Honorable Alison J. Nathan

United States District Court

Southern District of New York

United States Courthouse

40 Foley Square

New York, New York 10007B

Re: United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, S2 20 Cr. 330 (AJN)

Dear Judge Nathan:

The Government submits this letter to respectfully request that the Court exclude time under the Speedy Trial Act with respect to Counts Seven and Eight, from today’s date until April 1, 2022. The exclusion of time will further the interests of justice by permitting the parties to research and brief post-trial motions. See 18 U .S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A). The Government has conferred with defense counsel, who consent to this request.

Respectfully submitted,

DAMIAN WILLIAMS

United States Attorney

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17318376/united-states-v-maxwell/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612/gov.uscourts.nysd.539612.578.0.pdf

>>15409780

Tonga’s volcano blast cut it off from the world. Here’s what it will take to get it reconnected.

The world is anxiously awaiting news from the island—but on top of the physical destruction, the eruption has disconnected it from the internet.

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Internet traffic plunged to near-nothing around 5:30 p.m. local time on January 15, according to data from web performance firm Cloudflare. That connection hasn’t yet been restored, says Doug Madory of Kentik, an internet observatory company, who has been monitoring the country’s web traffic.

The reason Tonga fell offline isn’t yet known for certain, but initial investigations have suggested that the undersea cable connecting its internet to the rest of the world has been destroyed by the blast.

“Tonga primarily uses a single subsea cable to connect to the internet,” says Madory. The Tonga Cable System runs 514 miles between Tonga and Fiji, bringing internet service to the two island nations. Previously, that connection has been backed up by a satellite internet connection. “I guess they’re not able to do that this time, because of some technical failure preventing them from being able to switch over,” says Madory. He believes that the wave resulting from the volcano explosion could have taken out the satellite dishes.

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https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/01/18/1043790/tongas-volcano-internet-reconnected/

>>15409810

Incorrect - BBC funding is frozen (i.e. will not increase) for two years - then in two years will abolish the license fee, with the BBC needing a new funding model.

The BBC has warned that it will be forced to slash services and cancel shows after the UK government froze its main source of funding, resulting in a budget shortfall of roughly $388 million.

NOTE: BBC WorldWide>BBC Studios already sells content across the world. They always forget to mention that….