The Justice Department has made public hours of interviews between a senior federal prosecutor and Ghislaine Maxwell, the sole individual convicted or held civilly responsible for involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted the interviews at a federal prison in Tallahassee, where Maxwell was recently incarcerated. Under the terms of the discussions, she received limited immunity from further prosecution—provided she told the truth.
Justice Department Considers Releasing Ghislaine Maxwell Interview
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both charged federally with sex trafficking, linked to Epstein’s years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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Authorities released hundreds of pages of transcripts along with audio recordings of the interviews on the DOJ website.
Maxwell denied that Epstein maintained a “client list” and repeated previous claims that she does not believe he died by suicide.
She also stated that Epstein had told her he suffered from a heart condition that prevented him from engaging in normal sexual activity.
Ghislaine Maxwell jogs on the track at FCI Tallahassee in Tallahassee, Florida, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking connected to Jeffrey Epstein. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)
In a statement on Twitter, Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, claimed that she was convicted only because the DOJ needed a scapegoat after Epstein died in jail before his trial.
“Ghislaine Maxwell is innocent and never should have been tried, much less convicted, in this case,” Markus wrote. “She never committed or participated in sexual abuse against minors, or anyone else for that matter.”
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of aiding Epstein in trafficking teenage girls and is currently serving a 20-year sentence. She has an ongoing appeal and has expressed willingness to participate in interviews with both federal prosecutors and Congress.
Epstein died in a federal jail cell in 2019 before his trial could take place. His death was officially ruled a suicide, though his brother disputes that conclusion.
The DOJ released the interview materials with little notice, just days after federal judges denied requests to unseal grand jury materials from both Maxwell and Epstein’s criminal cases.
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