Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Judge is an ‘Openly LGBT’ Obama Appointee Who Was Recently Nominated to the U.S. Court Of Appeals By Biden and One of the Prosecutors is James Comey’s Daughter

As the trial of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell is set to begin tomorrow, drawing attention to who is involved with the trial.

The judge in the trial is an appointee of former President Barack Obama, Alison Nathan, who is the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

Nathan was also recently nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is “Openly LGBT” according to the White House press release on the nomination, although she intends to see the case through to the end, reportedly.

According to the Miami Herald, Nathan has made clear that she intends to keep the trial on track and she has issued a number of pre-trial rulings, including permitting prosecutors to use the word “victim” when discussing Maxwell’s accusers and allowing those accusers to testify anonymously using pseudonyms.

Maxwell has also been denied bail on four occasions by Nathan, who has carefully scrutinized document redactions proposed by both Maxwell and the prosecutors.

Nathan granted Maxwell’s request to keep secret undisclosed “sensational” information contained in the court documents and transcripts.

Additionally, Nathan noted that removal of the material was necessary to protect the integrity of the investigation and the privacy of third parties who are not part of the criminal case, although, she has limited some of the redactions proposed by prosecutors.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey is former FBI Director James Comey’s daughter and has been with SDNY since 2014.

Maurene Comey is a chief of the Violent and Organized Crime Unit and was also one of the lead prosecutors in the case against Epstein before he killed himself in Aug. 2019 while awaiting trial.