Conchita Sarnoff told BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis that Ghislaine Maxwell is covered under the immunity clause within the non-prosecution agreement given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008. Ms Sarnoff added that the deal was a federal agreement, not a state agreement.
Ms Maitlis said: “In the US you have the system of plea bargaining, the possibility of reducing a sentence by providing information that authorities find helpful.
“What impact do you think that system could have here?”
Ms Sarnoff replied: “First of all Ghislaine Maxwell is covered under the immunity clause.
“When Jeffrey Epstein was given the agreement, the none-prosecution agreement back in 2008, Ghislaine was covered under that agreement.
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“That would make it a federal agreement, not a state agreement.”
The Newsnight host said: “If she is covered under a federal agreement of immunity then does that mean she is untouchable?
“I don’t understand that.”
Ms Sarnoff responded: “
Yes, that is exactly right, in that non-prosecution agreement which seems to be an iron-clad deal because number one it was never overturned in 2018.”
Mr Morgan replied: “I met Ghislaine at a book launch in 2013 briefly for a few minutes with Stephen Fry and other people that were at this book launch.
“I don’t think I’ve ever met a more confident person in my life or a more social gadfly, fluttering around the party, knew everybody, super confident, strong, you could tell all those things.
“The idea that she was somehow a victim, I’ve got to be honest with you, I find laughable.
“She’s part of his world for decades and the idea you are trying to portray her as a victim when actually the victims are these poor underage girls who were terrorised for decades by Jeffrey Epstein, I think many will find repulsive.”
Ms Goldman insisted she could understand Mr Morgan’s argument and claimed she had faced backlash for her comments on social media.
She said: “Okay and I understand that and believe me, every one of them has hit me on Twitter.”