Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, said she never witnessed President Trump behave inappropriately when he was with Epstein – pouring cold water on rumors that Democrats have been stoking for weeks.
The bombshell testimony was part of Maxwell’s interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who met with Maxwell in prison last month. A transcript was released Friday.
“I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way. The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects,” Maxwell said in a transcript of her interview with the Justice Department.
Bombshell testimony
Maxwell is serving 20 years in federal prison for trafficking girls to Epstein, who died in his cell while facing charges six years ago. Epstein was accused of recruiting underage girls to give him massages that would escalate to sexual encounters.
A political firestorm over Epstein erupted in early July when Trump’s Justice Department announced it would not release additional information in the case. Democrats have tried to insinuate that Trump was somehow involved in Epstein’s crimes, accusing Trump and his government of a cover-up.
Trump has never been accused of wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and it is no secret that the two once socialized together.
In her interview with Blanche, Maxwell said Trump and Epstein seemed “friendly”, but she never saw anything suspicious between them.
“I actually never saw the President in any type of massage setting,” Maxwell told Blanche, according to the transcript. “I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way. The President was never inappropriate with anybody.”
Is Maxwell credible?
Maxwell’s testimony is sure to be celebrated by many supporters of Trump, although some are sure to question her credibility, given her criminal record and her desire for a federal pardon. The family of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre condemned Blanche’s interview as an opportunity for Maxwell to whitewash the past.
“During DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview, she [Maxwell] is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history,” the family said in a statement. “This travesty of justice entirely invalidates the experiences of the many brave survivors who put their safety, security, and lives on the line to ensure her conviction, including our sister.”
Giuffre never alleged any wrongdoing by Trump before her suicide, and her upcoming book does not make any abuse allegations against the president.
Trump has said that he severed ties with Epstein years ago after the financier started hiring girls who worked at the Mar-A-Lago spa, including Giuffre.
While Democrats have focused single-mindedly on the Epstein story all summer, Republicans have also pushed for transparency.
The Justice Department started sending the Epstein files to the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee on Friday, in response to a subpoena.
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Author: Matthew Boose
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