Justice Department Gave Ghislaine Maxwell 'a Platform To Rewrite History,' Family Of Epstein Abuse Survivor Says

The family members of a salient subsister of Jeffrey Epstein's intersexual maltreatment said they were “outraged” by nan Justice Department’s determination to merchandise transcripts from Ghislaine Maxwell's grounds past period to a national prosecutor, arguing it provided Maxwell a “platform to rewrite history."

“The contented of these transcripts is successful nonstop contradiction pinch felon Ghislaine Maxwell’s condemnation for kid activity trafficking,” nan family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre said successful a statement. The family added, “This travesty of justness wholly invalidates nan experiences of nan galore brave survivors who put their safety, security, and lives connected nan statement to guarantee her conviction, including our sister.”

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche past period questioned Maxwell, who’s serving a 20-year situation sentence connected activity trafficking charges, for 2 days arsenic portion of an effort by nan Trump management to uncover much accusation astir Epstein’s crimes.

The Justice Department connected Friday released audio and transcripts of nan two-day interview, during which Maxwell refuted respective allegations of wrongdoing against her and Epstein, including by Giuffre, who died by suicide successful April.

Giuffre accused Maxwell of grooming her to beryllium sexually abused by Epstein and trafficked to respective of his powerful friends, including Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Giuffre separately sued Andrew in 2021 for sexually abusing her arsenic a minor, an allegation he has denied. The 2 later settled nan case for an undisclosed magnitude successful 2022.

During nan question and reply past period pinch Blanche, Maxwell said Giuffre’s allegation against Andrew “doesn’t clasp water,” and disputed cardinal facts successful nan case, including an alleged photo of Giuffre pinch Andrew.

“I judge that this full point was manufactured, and I tin constituent you to immoderate perchance corroborating grounds of this,” Maxwell told Blanche.

Maxwell besides said she ne'er witnessed immoderate inappropriate behaviour from immoderate man, including President Donald Trump. She besides denied nan beingness of an incriminating “client list” of individuals that benefited from Epstein’s crimes and maintained her innocence aft being convicted of activity trafficking successful 2021.

Giuffre’s family has for months been captious of nan Justice Department’s interactions pinch Maxwell amid nan Trump administration’s renewed push to uncover much accusation astir Epstein's crimes, a cardinal taxable of liking among Trump’s base.

In precocious July, aft Maxwell met pinch Blanche, nan family urged nan authorities not to supply Maxwell immoderate favorable treatment, describing her past arsenic a “monster who deserves to rot successful situation for nan remainder of her life.”

Trump has not ruled retired nan thought of pardoning Maxwell, who he has known for respective decades. When asked past period astir nan imaginable of granting Maxwell ineligible relief, Trump said, “I’m allowed to do it, but it’s thing I person not thought about.”

Absent a pardon from Trump, Maxwell is seeking ineligible alleviation from nan Supreme Court, which has indicated it will determine whether to reappraisal Maxwell’s entreaty of her condemnation during a backstage convention successful September.

Giuffre's family besides condemned nan Justice Department's determination to transportation Maxwell to a minimum-security situation pursuing her gathering pinch Blanche.

“By moving convicted felon Maxwell to a minimum-security, state nine prison, nan DOJ sends a disturbing connection that kid activity trafficking is acceptable and will beryllium rewarded,” nan family said Saturday successful a statement.

Federal officials moved Maxwell, Epstein’s co-conspirator and confidant, from a co-ed, low-security situation successful Tallahassee, Florida, to a women-only, minimum-security installation successful Bryan, Texas. The Bureau of Prisons astatine nan clip did not specify why Maxwell was transferred to nan facility, which besides houses reality television prima Jen Shah and disgraced Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes.

The merchandise of nan Maxwell transcripts came arsenic nan Justice Department besides partially fulfilled a lawsuit by nan House Oversight Committee for each files related to nan national investigation of Epstein. The Justice Department released astir 33,000 documents, nevertheless Democrats connected nan committee person said nan "vast majority" of nan records included successful nan first batch were already public.