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#ghislaine-maxwell

On Friday, the DOJ released the audio and transcript of an interview with Maxwell conducted in July by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. That meeting came as President Donald Trump was facing an onslaught of questions about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the late child sex trafficker and Maxwell associate. The Trump administration announced it would not release its files relating to Epstein, who officials say died by suicide in a jail cell in 2019.

The US Department of Justice has released the transcript and audio recording of an interview conducted by Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, with the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 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.

According to US Department of Justice data, females accounted for only about 8 percent of arrests for sex offenses against minors, and the U.S. Sentencing Commission (2021) reports that 93 percent of offenders were men.

"Whatever interest the public may have in Epstein, that interest cannot justify a broad intrusion into grand jury secrecy in a case where the defendant is alive, her legal options are viable, and her due process rights remain."

Trump stated, 'I'm allowed to do it,' in response to questions about granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell. This indicates his openness to considering a pardon.