Nine takeaways from DOJ interview with Ghislaine Maxwell

The Justice Department on Friday released the transcript and audio of a two-day interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously represented President Donald Trump against a flurry of criminal charges levied against him in the lead-up to the 2024 election, conducted the nine hours of questioning on July 24 and 25 in Florida. Blanche said he was “not promising to do anything” for Maxwell in exchange for the interview and stressed that falsehoods could expose her to prosecution for false statements.