The Biden-era Department of Justice is doubling down on its refusal to revisit the Epstein scandal, now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal — a move that only intensifies conservative backlash over the agency’s lack of transparency in the long-shielded Epstein case.

Maxwell, 63, was convicted in 2021 by a New York jury on five counts, including the sex trafficking of minors. She is currently serving a 20-year sentence in a Florida federal prison, with a release date set for 2037.

In her petition to the nation’s highest court, Maxwell argues that her conviction violates a 2007 non-prosecution agreement Epstein reached with the federal government — a deal critics widely view as a sweetheart arrangement that protected powerful elites. Maxwell’s legal team says that immunity extended to her and others, and that statutes of limitations had also run out.

While the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected her argument, Maxwell has called for the Supreme Court to step in, citing inconsistent rulings across federal appellate courts regarding the scope and power of such non-prosecutorial agreements.

Yet instead of seeking legal clarity or accountability, the DOJ urged the Supreme Court to toss the appeal — a move that conveniently helps bury deeper questions about who Epstein really protected and why his inner circle remains untouched.

The request comes just weeks after the Justice Department infuriated many of President Trump’s supporters by claiming there is no “client list” and refusing to produce any new materials related to the disgraced financier’s trafficking network.

During President Trump’s first term, officials within the DOJ had signaled a willingness to unseal Epstein’s secrets. But under Biden’s leadership, those inquiries have been all but abandoned. In fact, prior officials who once suggested a government cover-up have since walked back their statements.

Meanwhile, Maxwell’s voice may not be silenced for long.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, the woman who once helped Epstein manage his vast social network of elites is willing — even eager — to testify before Congress. Citing anonymous sources, the outlet says Maxwell wants to “tell her story” and bring forward what she knows, having never been asked by the government to do so.

“She remains the only person to be jailed in connection to Epstein,” the source told the Mail, “and she would welcome the chance to tell the American public the truth.”

Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, took aim at the DOJ’s actions — and even implied President Trump himself might disapprove of the agency’s tactics.

“I’d be surprised if President Trump knew his lawyers were asking the Supreme Court to let the government break a deal,” Markus told Fox News. “He’s the ultimate dealmaker — and I’m sure he’d agree that when the United States gives its word, it should keep it.”

Markus further called it “especially unfair” that Maxwell remains imprisoned “based on a promise the government made and broke,” noting the double standard in prosecutions that target certain individuals while protecting others.

Maxwell continues to maintain her innocence and claims she was never offered a plea deal. She argues that she has been used as a scapegoat while the true web of Epstein’s politically connected clientele remains untouched.

Her 2022 conviction centered around her alleged role in a decade-long scheme to recruit and abuse underage girls, some of whom were trafficked to Epstein’s infamous private island, Little Saint James — a playground for the ultra-wealthy and well-connected.

The Department of Justice, for its part, has insisted that Epstein took his own life in 2019 while awaiting trial in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. But that official narrative continues to face intense skepticism — particularly after it was revealed that key surveillance footage from outside his cell is either missing or fails to show the door or interior.

With mounting questions, missing evidence, and a DOJ increasingly accused of stonewalling, the Epstein saga is far from over — especially as Ghislaine Maxwell signals she’s ready to speak.