Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2002 Citizenship and the Federal Law Governing Denaturalization (Part 1) (10/5/26)

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s American citizenship could potentially be challenged under federal denaturalization law, not simply because she was later convicted of serious crimes, but because some of the conduct underlying those convictions occurred before she became a U.S. citizen in 2002. Under 8 U.S.C. §1451, citizenship can be revoked if it was illegally procured or obtained through concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation. Maxwell’s naturalization paperwork reportedly included neg