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Prosecutors finished their second day of interviewing Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell early Friday afternoon, Maxwell’s lawyer confirmed, saying the talks wrapped up without any promise of a pardon for the British socialite, but that she “didn’t hold anything back” in answering the government’s questions.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed Maxwell all day Thursday and through lunch time on Friday, Maxwell’s attorney David Oscar Markus told reporters Friday, after the DOJ said it wanted to interview her about Epstein’s associates.
Maxwell “answered every single question asked of her,” Markus said, saying she did not refuse to answer any question or invoke privileges like her Fifth Amendment rights.
The socialite was “asked about maybe about 100 different people,” Markus said, adding she “answered questions about everybody and she didn't hold anything back.”
Markus said they had not reached any deal with prosecutors for Maxwell to receive a lighter prison sentence or a pardon in exchange for her testimony, saying they “haven’t asked for anything” as a condition of her answering questions, though Maxwell would “welcome any relief.”
The Department of Justice has not yet commented on the Maxwell interview wrapping up, and has not provided any specific information on how much of her testimony could be made public.
“The truth will come out about what happened with Mr. Epstein, and she’s the person who’s answering those questions,” Markus told reporters Friday.
The DOJ has not yet commented on whether a transcript, recording, or details of Maxwell’s interview will be publicly released, with Blanche only saying Thursday, “The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.” The agency has faced widespread public outrage about its lack of transparency around the Epstein investigation, after the DOJ announced it would not release any further Epstein-related files, but has not given any indication that it plans to release more information in response to the backlash.
It’s unclear what Maxwell may have told prosecutors, with Markus saying only that she was “asked about every possible thing you could imagine.”
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