US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
- Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers are arguing for her release in a federal appeals court.
- The appeal focuses on a nonprosecution agreement between Jeffrey Epstein and federal prosecutors.
- If the appeal is successful, Maxwell could be freed and face another trial.
Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell — the former Jeffrey Epstein associate convicted of trafficking girls to him for sex — asked a federal appeals court Tuesday afternoon to overturn her conviction and set her free from prison, arguing that a deal Justice Department officials struck with Jeffrey Epstein should have shielded her from being prosecuted in the first place.