Ghislaine Maxwell's family have broken their silence to insist she is innocent and was subjected to 'government misconduct' in an unscrupulous effort to blame someone for Jeffrey Epstein's crimes after he died.

President Donald Trump and his Attorney General Pam Bondi are facing MAGA mutiny amid claims they botched an investigation into Epstein's laundry list of crimes.

Epstein's right-hand woman is serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking offenses tied to the billionaire financier's crimes. 

But Bondi maintains that after years of rampant speculation, there is no evidence Epstein ever held a 'client list' implicating high-profile associates.

Maxwell was convicted in 2021, two years after Epstein was found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for child sex offenses.

Her family now maintain 'our sister Ghislaine did not receive a fair trial', claiming prosecutors stopped at nothing to convict her due to the public's appetite for her to face justice on Epstein's behalf after his death.

According to the family's statement, Maxwell is prepared to 'file a writ of habeas corpus' which would 'allow her to challenge her imprisonment.'

This challenge would be 'on the basis of new evidence such as government misconduct that would have likely changed the trial's outcome.' 

The family argue that Maxwell should have been protected under an agreement Epstein entered with the Department of Justice in 2007, in which they vowed not to prosecute any of his co-conspirators after he 'paid fines, paid "victims" millions of dollars and served 13 months in prison.'

Counsel representing Maxwell, David Oscar Marcus, said: 'I'd be surprised if President Trump knew his lawyers were asking the Supreme Court to let the government break a deal. 

'He's the ultimate dealmaker - and I'm sure he'd agree that when the United States gives its word, it should keep it.

'With all the talk about who's being prosecuted and who isn't, it's especially unfair that Ghislaine Maxwell remains in prison based on a promise the US government made and broke.'

The family said they 'profoundly concur' with Marcus' comments.

The controversial deal stated if 'Epstein successfully fulfills all of the terms and conditions of this agreement, the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to' four of Epstein's assistants.' This did not name Maxwell specifically.

But the 2007 deal applied only to the US Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida.

Prosecutors found a loophole in which they were able to target Maxwell in New York, which treats such agreements differently to the vast majority of American states. 

'Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers are asking the Court to resolve this difference between the Districts,' a filing seen by DailyMail.com states.

The family wants Maxwell's sentence to be vacated and for her to be referred for resentencing, accusing the court of also 'applying an incorrect guideline range and offense level.'

The Maxwell family's comments come at a time of heightened interest in the case after Bondi's memo attempted to shut down long-held theories of an Epstein client list.

Back in February, Bondi told Fox News that a list of Epstein clients was on her desk for review.  

Questioned by reporters about the claim in recent days, her spokesman clarified that she had been referring to files in the case generally.

Maxwell's brother Ian told The Spectator that his sister has always denied any such list existed, saying his family was not surprised by Bondi's memo.

'My sister has always maintained there was never such a thing. It never existed,' he said.

'If you prick a conspiracy the balloon goes down and people wonder why they've been fooled.'

He called out Elon Musk and other high-profile social media influencers for giving 'tremendous currency' to conspiracy theories about the list, ultimately giving it 'a life of its own' that was always going to become a thorn in Trump's side.

'They've reached the end of the road, it's finished, for what it's worth I think the President would be pleased they've concluded that,' he said.

President Trump last week rebuked a reporter for asking about the Justice Department memo, telling them that the catastrophic flooding in Texas was more important. 

Trump has urged his supporters not to 'waste time and energy' on the issue.

As he continued to be pressed on it yesterday, he said Bondi had handled the controversy 'very well' and that it was ultimately 'up to her'. 

'Whatever she thinks is credible, she should release,' he told reporters before denying his name appeared in any of the records. 

But allies, including House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, have called for 'transparency'. 

Leading MAGA voices including Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Steve Bannon and Megyn Kelly have also joined the call for the files to be released.

MAGA loyalists, among many others, have long theorized that the financier did not kill himself in his cell in 2019, as the coroner ruled.

But this was also rubbished by Bondi's new memo, in which she ruled out any foul play.

Ian Maxwell said Maxwell's statement has not changed his sister's opinion. She has long believed Epstein was murdered.

'I think there is more substance to different and opposing views, that he was murdered,' Ian said. 

'That is, and remains, my sister's view for what it's worth.'

Ian said while 'people seem to think this involves some James Bond figure slipping into the prison' he suggested a separate theory entirely.

'It seems to preclude another way in which that may have happened - him actually paying someone in prison to kill him. Suicide by internal killing.' 

As part of the probe into Epstein's death, around 11 hours of footage taken from inside the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York City on August 9 and 10 2019 was publicly revealed for the first time earlier this month.

Following his arrest on multiple charges, including sex trafficking, he was found unresponsive in his cell early in the morning of August 10 and was later declared dead in hospital. 

The FBI and DoJ investigation into his death has concluded the same as the coroner - that Epstein committed suicide by hanging. 

CCTV footage from outside his cell appears to show the orange-clad paedophile being led to his cells by a guard and being trailed by a second one at 7.49pm on the night of August 9. 

The two guards and Epstein can be seen walking across the common area as they moved towards his cell, according to US news site Axios. 

The DoJ said that while the footage, which was taken between 7.40pm and 6.40am the next day, doesn't show his cell door, it would capture anyone moving to it. 

According to Axios, investigators examined the footage and found that between 10.40pm on August 9 and 6.30pm on August 10, when Epstein was locked in his cell, no one was seen entering the area around his cell. 

The joint FBI and DoJ investigation concluded that Epstein was not murdered, nor did he blackmail powerful figures or keep a 'client list.' 

The memo from the FBI and DOJ announced that no one involved in the Epstein case will follow Maxwell to prison, as no further charges will be filed.