Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Federal judge to question more than 200 potential jurors

Prospective jurors for the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell will be questioned by a federal judge Tuesday in Manhattan, two weeks before the trial is set to begin.

A pool of prospective jurors for the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell will be questioned by a federal judge on Tuesday morning in Manhattan, two weeks before Maxwell's criminal trial is set to begin.

Maxwell, a one-time companion of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is facing a six-count federal indictment alleging she conspired with Epstein and aided his serial sexual abuse of minor girls between 1994 and 2004. She has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Over the last two weeks, the initial jury pool of about 600 people was culled to 231 after each candidate for the panel filled out a 25-page written questionnaire designed to screen for potential biases and conflicts of interest.

U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan of the Southern District of New York, who is overseeing Maxwell's trial, plans to further query each potential juror individually in open court on such topics as their exposure to media reporting about the case, their knowledge and opinions of both Maxwell and Epstein, and their ability to serve on a lengthy trial that will likely continue into January.