Maxwell refuted claims that the discredited financier had engaged in blackmail.
Ghislaine Maxwell, a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has rejected allegations that the deceased financier and convicted sex offender extorted his influential connections.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday made public audio recordings and a transcript from Maxwell’s interview conducted the previous month with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Maxwell, currently incarcerated with a 20-year sentence for her involvement in trafficking women for Epstein, was interrogated amidst fresh conjecture that Epstein maintained a “client list” detailing individuals to whom he allegedly trafficked women.
When questioned on whether Epstein possessed “a black book or a client list,” Maxwell stated: “I am not privy to any such list.”
She indicated that these allegations first emerged in 2009, introduced by Brad Edwards, an attorney representing numerous victims of Epstein.
“I have no knowledge of any blackmail. I never encountered such a thing. I never witnessed it, nor did I ever envision it,” Maxwell declared.
She further asserted that President Donald Trump did not engage in any inappropriate behavior during his association with Epstein. “I never observed the president in any unsuitable situation whatsoever,” she specified.
Trump has consistently affirmed that he severed his connection with Epstein well in advance of the latter’s 2008 conviction and had no prior knowledge of the accusations against him.