Overview

• The Justice Department published hundreds of pages of transcripts and audio from two July interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell conducted by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
• Maxwell told investigators she never witnessed President Donald Trump behave inappropriately and described him as a gentleman in all respects.
• She disputed Virginia Giuffre’s allegations about Prince Andrew, called the well-known photograph with Giuffre “literally a fake,” and said she did not introduce Andrew to Jeffrey Epstein, pointing instead to Sarah Ferguson.
• Maxwell said there is no Epstein “client list” or “black book,” echoing a July DOJ memo that said such a list does not exist.
• The DOJ began sending Epstein-related records to the House Oversight Committee for potential public release after victim redactions, while Trump allies hailed Maxwell’s remarks and Democrats questioned her credibility and possible pardon motives.