prosecutors sketching a different version of maxwell who was accused of recruiting and grooming underage girls for epstein from 1994 to 2004. they say maxwell participated in abuse of the girls. the assistant us attorney saying in her opening statement, quote, maxwell was epstein s best friend and right hands. she knew exactly what she was doing. the lawyer representing eight of epstein s accusers, one of whom has an accusation against maxwell spoke to fox news about the trial. they were not able to seek jeffrey epstein, they are seeing it come down from ghislaine maxwell. we will find out more about jeffrey epstein and powerful people involved. reporter: maxwell faces 80 years in prison if found guilty. the trial is expected to last six weeks. carley: another high profile trial in chicago, jussie smollett. reporter: prosecutors accuse the 39-year-old of faking a hate crime the grab the nation s attention in 2019.