Overview

• The DOJ released audio and transcripts from Ghislaine Maxwell’s two July interviews roughly two weeks ago.
• MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says the recordings capture frequent laughter by participants that is not noted in the typed transcript.
• O’Donnell underscores that no stenographer was present and that the transcript was produced later from audio provided to a transcriptionist.
• He criticizes the tone of the questioning led by Todd Blanche and alleges a name-dropping approach that, in his view, softened scrutiny.
• Following those interviews, Maxwell was transferred by the Bureau of Prisons to a minimum-security facility.