Maxwell, who is serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking, spoke to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month – and details of what she told Trump’s former personal lawyer are beginning to emerge
New details have emerged about what Ghislaine Maxwell said about Donald Trump in a prison interview last month.
Maxwell is serving 20 years in prison on sex trafficking charges linked to America’s most notorious paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. Trump has faced mounting pressure for transparency about Epstein – amid widespread speculation that he was named in FBI files related to the case.
So last month Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche set up a two-day interview with Maxwell, Epstein’s fixer, who was accused of recruiting young girls for him to abuse. Before getting the No 2 job at the Justice Department, Blanche was Donald Trump’s personal defence lawyer.
It comes after the Mirror revealed Maxwell had been quizzed about high-profile Brits.
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But there has been no official announcement of what was discussed during the interview.
And days after it took place, it emerged Maxwell had been moved out of her Florida prison to a cushier, minimum security prison camp in Texas – usually reserved for nonviolent white-collar offenders.
It would have required her sex offender status to be waived to allow the transfer to take place.
Today senior officials from Trump’s team are gathering at JD Vance’s house to discuss what to do next.
Meanwhile, CBS News reports Maxwell said “nothing” during the 9 hours of interviews with Blanche that would “be harmful to President Trump.”
Citing a source familiar with the exchange, CBS claims Maxwell said “Trump…did nothing in her presence that would implicate him.”
The group meeting at JD Vance’s house – which is expected to include top figures including Blanche, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and the Vice President himself – is expected to discuss whether to release audio recordings or transcripts of some or all of the interview.
Meanwhile, the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department yesterday for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Epstein, part of a congressional probe that lawmakers believe may show links to Trump and other former top officials.
The Republican-controlled committee also issued subpoenas for depositions with former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and eight former top law enforcement officials.
The committee is also demanding interviews under oath from former attorneys general spanning the last three presidential administrations: Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales. Lawmakers also subpoenaed former FBI directors James Comey and Robert Mueller.
But it was Democrats who sparked the move to subpoena the Justice Department for its files on Epstein. They were joined by some Republicans to successfully initiate the subpoena through a subcommittee of the House Oversight Committee.