📧 Communication

Defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca writes to Judge Alison Nathan arguing against the government's request to defer ruling on Ghislaine Maxwell's motion to suppress evidence until after the trial on non-perjury counts. The defense contends that an evidentiary hearing is necessary immediately because the government's alleged misconduct (misleading a judge to obtain a subpoena) constitutes a due process violation that could suppress all 90,000 pages of evidence and any derivatives ('fruit of the poisonous tree'). Furthermore, the defense argues that Maxwell cannot knowingly decide whether to testify without knowing the admissibility of this evidence, as the government has only promised not to use it in its case-in-chief but reserved rights for impeachment.