Adam Mueller

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Adam Mueller is a defense attorney who represented Ghislaine Maxwell in appellate proceedings related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case. His role was specifically connected to Maxwell's bid to keep her April 2016 deposition secret — a 418-page sworn statement taken in a civil defamation lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre against Maxwell. Mueller argued before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan that releasing the deposition would undermine Maxwell's right to a fair criminal trial, contending that Maxwell had "reasonably relied on" a protective order ensuring its confidentiality, and that the deposition contained suggestive questioning tactics that could be misleading out of context. Despite Mueller's arguments, the Second Circuit upheld the lower court's order and ruled the deposition must be unsealed, finding no abuse of discretion by U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska. Mueller did not respond to media requests for comment after the ruling. Mueller has no criminal accountability in the case and is not identified as a victim; his connection to the Epstein matter is solely as legal counsel for Maxwell in civil and pre-trial proceedings.