{"id":1055727,"date":"2025-08-23T15:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T19:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055727"},"modified":"2025-08-23T15:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T19:06:25","slug":"audio-and-transcripts-released-from-dojs-interview-with-epstein-accomplice-in-chief-ghislaine-maxwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/audio-and-transcripts-released-from-dojs-interview-with-epstein-accomplice-in-chief-ghislaine-maxwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio and Transcripts Released From DOJ\u2019s Interview with Epstein Accomplice-in-Chief Ghislaine Maxwell\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, the DOJ released the audio and transcripts from Epstein Accomplice-in-Chief Ghislane Maxwell\u2019s interview with Trump\u2019s former personal attorney Todd Blanche.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To no one\u2019s surprise, Epstein\u2019s chief accomplice Ghislane Maxwell spent her interview with Donald Trump\u2019s Department of Justice praising Trump, who she says was \u201calways very cordial and kind to me\u201d and whose Mar-a-Lago Club she \u201cloved going to,\u201d and denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement<\/em><\/strong><em>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGhislane Maxwell is a self-serving manipulator who lied under oath about the heinous crimes she was later found guilty of. Maxwell\u2019s grovelling to the president only strengthens the claims that Maxwell will do and say anything to secure her freedom from Trump \u2013 who still hasn\u2019t ruled out a pardon. Trump\u2019s administration has done nothing but try to cover up the truth behind the Epstein Scandal \u2013 even if that means doing favors for convicted sex traffickers. A convicted sex trafficker looking for a pardon can\u2019t be trusted, so if Trump really wants to clear this up, he should release the full Epstein Files.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See it for yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maxwell says she\u2019s always liked Trump, he was always very cordial and very kind to her, and she admires his \u201cextraordinary achievement in becoming the President now.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcv9hvwCF3z6pWQoT5EOxr4Waz_HdiLBaSjKFP6nmcrPt7sr38PpldB4Y9jL1gjU80jTnZjDnEFJs5Hx8cKSmHc0be37u0hKrJC0EZdB4B5vvhtdJbQ0FDt0sn-iIzBtXHESLNb?key=KzheHo2d9uOZaxYChM6sCg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maxwell says she never recruited a masseuse from Mar-a-Lago \u2013 despite the fact that Virginia Giuffre testified that she was recruited from Mar-a-Lago by Maxwell and despite the evidence that Maxwell recruited countless other victims for Epstein.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXf2CqLPbuFs3C0nd8jPOAN9LZyMtDwUd9R33YHO7IeSudslW1KpF0irbqyDndbVgDJs_eARetF0r0oRGrXBecZIgA3PXePfzCsXOEosbSiv44xmfBxMzWUsKg39PjA0dsJelTwu?key=KzheHo2d9uOZaxYChM6sCg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maxwell goes out of her way to speculate that anti-Trump forces connected Trump to Epstein, which she found \u201coffensive.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdP84T3CrfVN_xyedN5Ks1lPoUTKR1v9D3Hhef49s_GnoNMJYTNITXq1DLHIpXEYS8ITau1g4ySbyDtdLiHxca8hY2fMB79-Cn-po9xyQX8HLFCZAVzqnKyFy5c-Gr9F3MibGJu?key=KzheHo2d9uOZaxYChM6sCg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcz9M2adAc4MwiS_kcKDdCB-ioNk3zWrMrTmmCEyGhedJDmAfd6YEubMBr9lMD7uuFrO2IPI3urUglLWjmHgYeh4h9Zzg-sOj-4I_jL6wR3Blcrwmmsd5FVv4HsH1lFxF1zUhTA?key=KzheHo2d9uOZaxYChM6sCg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the DOJ released the audio and transcripts from Epstein Accomplice-in-Chief Ghislane Maxwell\u2019s interview with Trump\u2019s former personal attorney Todd Blanche.&nbsp; To no one\u2019s surprise, Epstein\u2019s chief accomplice Ghislane Maxwell spent her interview with Donald Trump\u2019s Department of Justice praising Trump, who she says was \u201calways very cordial and kind to me\u201d and whose Mar-a-Lago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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