Overview

• The Justice Department published audio and a full transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s late-July interview with Ghislaine Maxwell.
• Maxwell denied witnessing or soliciting underage abuse, claims that clash with her 2021 jury conviction and the judge’s finding that she showed no remorse.
• She vouched for President Trump’s behavior around Epstein, calling him a gentleman and saying she never saw him in an inappropriate setting, a point Blanche did not probe further.
• Analysts faulted Blanche’s approach and focus, describing the session as light on follow-up and oriented toward political damage control rather than fact-finding.
• Days after the interview, Maxwell was moved from FCI Tallahassee to a minimum-security camp in Texas, a shift described as potentially inconsistent with Bureau of Prisons policy and criticized by victims’ families.