In an interview with the Justice Department, Ghislaine Maxwell claims there was no client list, no blackmail scheme and no high-profile Epstein associates who committed illicit acts in connection to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell provided an unusual two-day interview session last month, according to a transcript and audio of the conversation released Friday by the DOJ.
“There is no list,” Maxwell told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. “I’m not aware of any blackmail. I never heard that. I never saw it, and I never imagined it.”
Maxwell told Blanche that during her time with Epstein she never witnessed nor heard of any inappropriate or criminal activity by President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, or any of the well-known men who associated with Epstein, according to the transcript.
Maxwell said Trump was “cordial” and a “gentleman in all respects” in all of her interactions with him. She described Clinton as a “truly extraordinary” man and a “fantastic ex-president,” according to the transcript of the meetings.
The 63-year-old maintained her innocence, saying she was not involved in the sexual exploitation of minors.
“I did introduce him to women. I did, but not underage women,” she said. “And I did look for masseuses, I did. I went to spas and if I met somebody who said she was a masseuse, I did not check their credentials.”
Maxwell was granted limited immunity for the interview with Blanche — meaning nothing she said could be used against her, unless she lied.
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for aiding and participating in Epstein’s trafficking of underage girls, which involved a scheme to recruit young women and girls for massages of Epstein.
“I have no memory … of having seen anybody that resembles a young child, let’s call it what it is, at that house giving him a massage at all,” Maxwell said, in reference to Epstein’s Palm Beach home.
