Justice Department issues interview transcripts of Epstein ex-girlfriend Maxwell, who says Trump ‘never’ acted inappropriately

The Department of Justice released on Friday two days of interviews it conducted last month with Ghislaine Maxwell, an ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, who is serving a 20-year sentence for helping lure teenage girls into a sex abuse ring allegedly run by Epstein.

The transcripts contain a reference that Maxwell “may have met” Donald Trump in 1990 because her newspaper publishing father was friends with him and “liked him very much,” the Associated Press reported. But Maxwell denies repeatedly that she ever saw Trump involved in any sexual behavior.

“I actually never saw the President in any type of massage setting,” Maxwell said, according to the transcript. “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 she likely hadn’t seen Trump since at a social engagement in the mid-2000s, and that she had never heard Epstein or anyone else accuse him of acting inappropriately with masseuses or related staff. “Absolutely never, in any context,” she said.

The hundreds of pages of interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche are still being analyzed hours after their release.

Epstein was connected to prominent public figures including including Prince Andrew, former President Bill Clinton and Trump, who has said his relationship with Epstein ended years before, AP reported.

Maxwell said Clinton never received a massage. She also called allegations Andrew abused the late Virginia Giuffre “rubbish.”

Maxwell was granted partial immunity for the interviews, with the only exceptions being if she lied or contradicted any of her previous testimony.

After the interview, Maxwell was moved from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison in Texas. No reason was stated for the move.

The Trump administration has faced considerable back-and-forth over whether to release the government’s files on Epstein, who died in 2019 while in prison in what was ruled a suicide.

Experts are discussing whether the release of Maxwell’s interview is more about relieving public pressure to share details about the case or a sign that more files are coming.

AP reported the Justice Department on Friday began sending the House Oversight Committee records from its investigation into Epstein, which could be released once victim’s information is removed.

As the transcripts are being read, more details are expected to emerge.