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Justice Department gave Ghislaine Maxwell 'a platform to rewrite history,' family of Epstein abuse victim says
The family of Virginia Giuffre said they are "outraged" by the agency's decision to release transcripts from Maxwell's "bizarre interview" with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Family members of a prominent victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse said they were “outraged” by the Justice Department’s decision to release transcripts from Ghislaine Maxwell’s testimony last month to a federal prosecutor, arguing it provided Maxwell a “platform to rewrite history.”
“The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction for child sex trafficking,” the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre said in a statement. The family added, “This travesty of justice entirely invalidates the experiences of the many brave survivors who put their safety, security, and lives on the line to ensure her conviction, including our sister.”
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month questioned Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence on sex trafficking charges, for two days as part of a stated effort by the Trump administration to uncover more information about Epstein’s crimes.
The Justice Department on Friday released audio and transcripts of the two-day interview, during which Maxwell disputed several allegations of wrongdoing against her and Epstein, including by Giuffre, who died by suicide in April.
Giuffre accused Maxwell of grooming her to be sexually abused by Epstein and trafficked to several of his powerful friends, including Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Giuffre separately sued Andrew in 2021 alleging he sexually abused her as a minor, which he has denied. The two later settled the case for an undisclosed amount in 2022.
During the interview last month with Blanche, Maxwell said Giuffre’s allegation against Andrew “doesn’t hold water,” and disputed key facts in the case, including an alleged photo of Giuffre with Andrew.
“I believe that this whole thing was manufactured, and I can point you to some potentially corroborating evidence of this,” Maxwell told Blanche.
Giuffre’s family accused the deputy attorney general of not sufficiently challenging Maxwell’s assertions during her testimony, suggesting that by publicly releasing the interview, the Justice Department provided Maxwell the opportunity to dispute her case in the court of public opinion.
“During [Deputy Attorney General] Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history,” the family statement read.
Maxwell also said she never witnessed any inappropriate conduct from any man, including Donald Trump. She denied the existence of an incriminating “client list” of individuals who benefited from Epstein’s crimes and maintained her innocence after being convicted of sex trafficking in 2021.
On Sunday, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., criticized Maxwell’s statements to Blanche, claiming that she has the motivation to say anything that could potentially get her pardoned.
“They go and they do this interview without the presence of a prosecutor who actually knows the facts,” Schiff told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” referring to Blanche.
