Ghislaine Maxwell's US citizenship in jeopardy for allegedly lying on immigration forms

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, an accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, has been implicated in alleged fraud on her U.S. citizenship application.

Migrant Insider first reported that court documents recently released by the Department of Justice indicated that Maxwell likely lied on her U.S. citizenship application.

In documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Maxwell claimed that she had not "committed a crime or offense for which you were NOT arrested" and that she had not "been a prostitute, or procured anyone for prostitution."

The naturalization document was signed in October 1995. According to the Department of Justice, Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking crimes dating back to 1994.

"From at least 1994, up to and including in or about 2004, GHISLAINE MAXWELL assisted, facilitated, and participated in Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein to recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse victims known to MAXWELL and Epstein to be under the age of 18," the DOJ said in a 2022 statement.

"Lying on an N-400 form is a serious federal offense," one immigration attorney told Migrant Insider. "Material misrepresentations—especially about criminal conduct—can be grounds for revocation of citizenship and potential criminal prosecution for immigration fraud."

Violating 18 U.S. Code § 1425 could result in 25 years in prison and denaturalization.

Maxwell is currently appealing a sentence of 20 years in federal prison for sex trafficking of minors. Her attorneys said this week that she would prove President Donald Trump is "innocent" of sex crimes in exchange for clemency.