AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn conviction rejected
A federal judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn her conviction, finding her claims — including arguments based on newly released Epstein files — were frivolous. Why it matters: The blistering opinion says the evidence of Maxwell's guilt is "overwhelming" and new evidence hurt more than helped her. What they're saying: "Maxwell's claims are all meritless and all or almost all are frivolous," U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a 67-page opinion. - "The vast majority are procedurally barred — either because Maxwell made and lost the same arguments on direct appeal, or because she could have made such arguments on appeal but elected not to do so." - "And the purported 'new' evidence to which Maxwell points,…