"When any anybody who's represented by a lawyer who knows what they're doing goes in and meets with the government, there's always a quid pro quo. You don't just take your client in and say, Let me talk to you about something. They wanted information from hypothetically, anytime the government wants information from a citizen, the citizen says, Well, I have a right to remain silent. If you want me to give up that right, I need something in return."
"Usually, it's a plea bargain. Usually, your charges are going to be lowered and your exposure [TANDEN LAUGHS] AIDALA: Why you laughing? I've done that fr 35 years! TANDEN: Because you just admitted to a quid pro quo AIDALA: But tha"
Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal sentence after her 2021 conviction for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse children. Jeffrey Epstein died in a federal jail in 2019; the official cause of death was listed as suicide. In July, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed Maxwell in prison. About a week after that interview, the Department of Justice transferred Maxwell to a lower-security facility. Maxwell's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said he did not know the reason for the transfer and declined to speak about certain matters. Aidala characterized meetings with the government as involving quid pro quo and referenced plea bargains, drawing criticism from Neera Tanden.
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