Ghislaine Maxwell never saw Trump in any inappropriate setting', interview transcript shows (August 2025)
www.theguardian.com

... In a post on X, Blanche said the materials were being released "in the interest of transparency", providing links to the transcript and to audio files.

The release includes documentation from a two-day interview conducted on 24 and 25 July. The materials comprise redacted transcripts for both days, along with multiple audio recordings " seven separate parts plus test recordings for day one, and four parts plus test recordings for day two.

The Department of Justice gave Maxwell limited immunity to allow her to talk about her criminal case, but did not promise anything in exchange for her testimony, according to the transcript that was released.

"The most important part of this agreement is that this isn't a cooperation agreement, meaning that by you meeting with us today, we're really just meeting," Blanche told Maxwell. He added: "I'm not promising to do anything." ...

In Seeking More on Epstein, Justice Dept.'s No. 2 Official Occupies Unusual Role (July 2025)
www.nytimes.com

... There was a little glitch last week when Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, filed an appearance in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, in preparation for seeking the release of grand jury transcripts at the heart of her prosecution.

In what appeared to be a clerical error, Mr. Blanche was not listed on the docket as the No. 2 official in the Justice Department with an address in Washington. Rather, the address that appeared was for his private law firm in New York, the one he ran in his former guise as Donald J. Trump's defense lawyer.

The mix-up, while legally innocuous, nonetheless captured the unusual, Janus-faced position that Mr. Blanche now occupies as he assumes an increasingly central role in seeking to uncover more information about the Epstein scandal in an effort to douse the flames of outrage that are swirling about the case among the president's supporters.

This week, Mr. Blanche announced that he intends to personally meet with Ms. Maxwell's lawyer to see what, if any, additional light she can shed on Mr. Epstein who had a long and well-documented friendship with Mr. Trump. ...

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House committee unlikely to interview Ghislaine Maxwell after her lawyer said she wouldn't answer questions
www.nbcnews.com

... A spokesperson for the Oversight Committee confirmed the chairman's remarks to NBC News.

Comer said the committee will not entertain Maxwell's request after she said she would only answer questions if she were granted immunity and given the questions in advance. She also said she would not answer questions until the appeals in her case were resolved. ...