DOJ-OGR-00004960.jpg

Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 314 Filed 07/12/21 Page6éof7 Page 6 strong measures to ensure that the balance is never weighed against the accused.”). The Government’s contention that the prosecution won't receive a fair trial based on my statements is completely divorced from the reality of what is occurring in the media in this case.7 Third, the Government has helped to create a totally unlevel playing field and it should not be heard to complain. For starters, the Government conducted an over-the- top press conference upon Ms. Maxwell’s arrest — with blowups, photographs, soundbites, inflammatory language, and strategic pauses to get the most impactful photo opportunity, all designed to stir up the press, inflame the passions of the public, and prejudice the potential jury against Ms. Maxwell. And it worked. The Government’s press conference was one of, if not the most, covered Government’s press conferences in U.S. history. The Government’s complaint about an Op-Ed that discusses the legal impact of the Cosby decision is the definition of chutzpah. Then-U.S. Attorney conducting a press conference on the arrest of Ms. Maxwell with visual aides The Government did not stop with the unjust press conference. It has continued to inflame the press with inappropriate and untruthful statements, thinking that 7 In any event, Rule 23.1(h), which the Government cites as the authority to issue a “special order” here, is actually better viewed as concerned with the rights of the accused than the Government. See Rule 23.1(h) (‘The Court, on motion of either party or on its own motion, may issue a special order governing such matters as extrajudicial statements by parties and witnesses likely to interfere with the rights of the accused to a fair trial by an impartial jury....”) (emphasis added). DOJ-OGR-00004960