Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to set aside her conviction
Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, asked a judge to set aside her conviction Wednesday, claiming newly available evidence shows she was not fairly prosecuted.   The longtime Epstein counterpart filed a court petition challenging her detention, called a habeas petition, and is representing herself. It’s a long-shot bid that, if successful, could result in a new trial. She said the new evidence was derived…