Geraldo Rivera Goes To Bat For Ghislaine Maxwell
Geraldo Rivera Goes To Bat For Ghislaine Maxwell  
Podcast: The Vault: The Epstein Files
Published On: Wed Oct 07 2026
Description: Geraldo Rivera publicly defended Ghislaine Maxwell after her July 2020 arrest, arguing that she should have been granted bail while awaiting trial rather than held in federal detention. After U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan denied Maxwell’s release, finding that her wealth, foreign connections and access to multiple countries made her an extreme flight risk, Rivera blasted the decision and said the judge had effectively caved to public pressure. He described the charges against Maxwell as “wobbly,” emphasized that the alleged conduct dated back more than two decades and argued that she was being punished before she had been convicted of anything. Rivera stressed that Maxwell was not Jeffrey Epstein and said the question at the bail stage should have been whether she would appear for trial, not whether the public believed she was guilty. He also pointed to Maxwell’s proposed multimillion-dollar bond and argued that she could have been placed under strict home confinement rather than kept behind bars.Rivera continued defending Maxwell as the case moved forward, even praising Donald Trump as “brave” after Trump publicly wished her well and arguing that Maxwell “deserved bail.” Later, during Maxwell’s 2021 trial, Rivera again complained that she had spent roughly 17 months jailed without bail and called her treatment “injustice” and “mob justice.” When colleagues pointed out that prosecutors considered Maxwell a serious flight risk, Rivera questioned where she could realistically hide and argued that the government was holding her because its case was weak. Prosecutors and the court saw the situation very differently: they emphasized Maxwell’s substantial financial resources, international ties, multiple citizenships or passports, alleged efforts to conceal her whereabouts and the manner in which she had been living before her arrest. Rivera’s position therefore amounted to a sustained argument that the intensity surrounding the Epstein scandal had overwhelmed ordinary principles of pretrial fairness, while the court concluded that Maxwell’s ability and incentive to flee made detention necessary.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com