Ghislaine Maxwell, the long-time partner of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has informed the US Department of Justice that she never witnessed former President Donald Trump behaving inappropriately. During a recently published transcript of her July interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Maxwell declared, "I never witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting in any way. The president was never inappropriate with anybody."
Her comments are made as Trump is again under fire from critics and allies alike after the Justice Department declined to release Epstein's complete investigative files. Conspiracy theories about Epstein's connections to powerful players have long lingered, but prosecutors have insisted that only Epstein and Maxwell were charged with crimes.
Maxwell also dismissed the suggestion that she knew of any so-called "client list" associated with Epstein, as there was speculation that powerful and rich individuals might have been involved in his criminal actions. "I had no knowledge of any client list," she indicated to Blanche.
Epstein's 2019 suicide while facing trial on sex-trafficking charges left many unanswered. Maxwell herself was sentenced to 20 years after being convicted in 2021 of finding underage girls for Epstein to abuse. She has petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse the conviction, claiming she was unjustly tried.
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Trump's earlier relationship with Epstein has been a focus of attention for a long time. At Maxwell's trial, Epstein's former pilot testified that Trump had flown on Epstein's private plane several times, although Trump has also denied this. Maxwell insisted, however, that she never observed him to be involved in improper behavior or receive a massage, distancing him from the charges.
"As far as I'm concerned, President Trump was always very gracious and very nice to me," Maxwell said. She added a touch of admiration at Trump's political ascension: "I just want to say that I admire his remarkable achievement of becoming the president now."
The Justice Department's move to release Maxwell's interview speaks volumes about the perpetual strain in the Epstein matter, still hanging over the heads of individuals once associated with him.
