Ghislaine Maxwell loses fight to keep her Jeffrey Epstein testimony sealed

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court dealt Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madam to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, twin blows late Monday by declining to consolidate her appeals in numerous overlapping cases and striking down her effort to thwart release of a controversial deposition she gave in a now-settled civil lawsuit. The three-judge Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit held more …