What Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of in the Epstein case

• Maxwell's relocation came amid growing interests from the Department of Justice as well as congressional lawmakers regarding details on the Epstein case.

Catch up quick: President Trump wouldn't rule out a pardon for Maxwell when asked about it in the past week.

• In a Supreme Court filing, Maxwell argued that she was unjustly prosecuted over sex trafficking charges.
• Maxwell also had a meeting with a top Justice Department official. Her lawyer said she "answered every single question."

What Maxwell was convicted of

Flashback: Maxwell in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal court on sex trafficking and other charges for helping Epstein sexually abuse several teenage girls.

• A federal jury in December 2021 found Maxwell guilty of five counts, including sex trafficking of minors, for recruiting and grooming teenagers for Epstein between 1999 and 2007.
• Maxwell was indicted in July 2020 on six federal counts related to sex trafficking and conspiring with Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for federal sex trafficking charges.
• Maxwell was also found guilty of conspiracy to entice a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.

Federal prosecutors sought 30 to 55 years in prison for Maxwell, while she asked U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan for no more than five years.

• Maxwell was sentenced on three of those counts after Nathan ruled that two were repetitive.
• Maxwell was also charged a $750,000 fine on top of the prison sentence, the maximum under the law.

Federal prosecutors argued that Epstein paid Maxwell about $30 million from 1999 to 2007 to recruit and groom teenagers for the multimillionaire financier to sexually abuse them.

• Maxwell denied abusing anyone, and her attorneys claimed she was wrongfully accused after Epstein was found dead in jail. Her lawyers also contended she should not be given a sentence that would be more appropriate for Epstein.
• Scores of women have said Epstein abused them as minors with Maxwell's assistance.
• "She has caused hurt to many more women than the few of us who had the chance to testify in the courtroom," said Annie Farmer, one of the accusers who testified against Maxwell, in a statement to the New York Times following Maxwell's 2021 conviction.

What they're saying: "It is important to emphasize that although Epstein was central to this criminal scheme, Ms. Maxwell is not being punished in place of Epstein or as a proxy for Epstein," Nathan said before issuing the sentence, at the time calling Maxwell's crimes "heinous and predatory."

Maxwell's argument for her release

Catch up quick: Maxwell's appeal revolves around a controversial 2007 plea agreement Epstein negotiated with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida.

• "The United States," the plea agreement stated, "agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to" four other suspected individuals.
• Maxwell was not listed as one of the suspected individuals, but her lawyers argue she didn't need to be.
• The attorneys argue that the deal protects unnamed co-conspirators as well, since it says it's "not limited to" those listed.

What to watch: Maxwell is appealing as much to the Supreme Court as she is to Trump, who has said he wouldn't rule out a pardon for his former Palm Beach associate.

How Maxwell has cooperated so far

Maxwell was granted "limited" immunity by the Justice Department to answer questions about the child sex trafficking ring that led to her sentence, multiple outlets reported using anonymous sources.

• Maxwell spoke to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche over the course of two days.
• Maxwell's attorney David Markus told ABC News on Friday she was asked about "maybe 100 different people" and that "she didn't hold anything back."
• "This is not a situation where we are asking for anything in return for testimony or anything like that," Markus said. "Of course, everybody knows Ms. Maxwell would welcome any relief."

Go deeper: Ghislaine Maxwell seeks immunity in exchange for congressional testimony

Editor's note: this story has been updated with the latest details.