Maxwell Interview: What Epstein's Ex-Girlfriend Said

Saturday, August 23, 2025

The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate, in a move the Trump administration cast as a step toward transparency after weeks of backlash over its refusal to disclose other records in the sex-trafficking case.

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... The Trump administration appeared eager to highlight those denials as the president faced renewed questions about his past ties to Epstein and criticism over the handling of case records. The transcripts cover two days and nine hours of questioning last month by Blanche at a Florida courthouse.

Maxwell said she never saw Trump in "any inappropriate setting in any way," according to the transcripts.

"The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects," she said, according to the transcripts. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 12:27 AM

fwiw, and again, thx to MSGT for showing me this site...

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We also rate them as Mostly Factual in reported rather than high due to having to make corrections on false information after publication. ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 12:30 AM

OK, it's been quiet here, so I decided to take a tangent ...

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#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 12:33 AM

And then, of course ...

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#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 12:35 AM

Newsweek definitely ain't what it uses to be. I'm assuming it went out of business many years ago and someone bought the name in bankruptcy.

None of the things we remember from the 1900s remain; just the name, Newsweek.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-23 12:36 AM

@#5 ... Newsweek definitely ain't what it uses to be. ..

I don't know what it used to be, but now it seems to me to be a good source of information. When they make a mistake, they admit it and publish a correction.

Then there's this ...

Smartmatic Case Documents Show Some Fox News Hosts' Drive to Help Trump
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... Prominent Fox hosts privately sought to help President Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to newly unredacted documents in a lawsuit against Fox.

Smartmatic sued Fox News and its parent Fox Corp in 2021 for defamation, alleging the network promoted false claims that its voting machines helped rig the election.

The documents show at least two Fox hosts were in touch with Sidney Powell, a lawyer at the center of Trump's postelection efforts, and one urged her to come on air. ...

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 12:51 AM

Back to the topic of the thread ...

From the article ...

... Why It Matters

The release comes as the administration grapples with anger from Trump supporters who had been primed to expect damaging revelations about prominent figures allegedly connected to Epstein. Officials have insisted many records remain under seal to protect victims, even as conspiracy theories over Epstein's death and alleged "client lists" continue to circulate.

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to one count of soliciting prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from someone under the age of 18 in Florida. He was indicted on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors in 2019.

Epstein was found dead in his cell at New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center in 2019 while awaiting trial. His death was ruled a suicide. ...

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 01:10 AM

@#7

So, is this release just trying to further the burial of any information regarding Pres Trump's possible involvement in the crimes against female children>

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-23 01:11 AM

"Well, she would say that, wouldn't she?"*

*(After Mandy Rice-Davies reaction during the Profumo Affair to Lord Astor denying shtupping her)

#9 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-08-23 05:52 AM

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