The full transcripts of Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview with Donald Trump’s deputy attorney have been published.
Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein, was interviewed by Todd Blanche in July.
Releasing the full transcripts to the public appears to be an attempt to put an end to weeks’ worth of damaging stories which have dogged Donald Trump’s administration.
The US president has faced fierce criticism from his base for refusing to publish documents held by the government on Epstein, the paedophile financier who died in 2019.
On Friday, the Department of Justice released hundreds of pages of transcripts and audio recordings of the interview in what Blanche called “the interest of transparency”.
“Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden,” Mr Blanche said.
Below, The Telegraph takes a closer look at the eight key takeaways from the transcripts.
- Trump ‘the perfect gentleman’
- Prince Andrew and Epstein
- Duchess of York ‘put the moves on Epstein’
- ‘Epstein never loved me’
- Financier’s death was ‘no suicide’
- No client list
- I don’t remember Trump birthday message
- Name drops, but no smoking guns
Trump ‘the perfect gentleman’
Mr Trump has faced immense political pressure over his former friendship with Epstein, whom he fell out with over a property deal in Palm Beach.
Critics and supporters of the US president alike have called for him to release the so-called “Epstein files” — all of the files the government holds on the late paedophile.
Asked about her knowledge of Mr Trump and Epstein’s relationship, Maxwell said she has no incriminating evidence against Donald Trump.
She said: “I actually never saw the president in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting in any way.
“The president was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects.”
Prince Andrew and Epstein
In the recordings, Maxwell contradicted Prince Andrew’s claim that she introduced him to the paedophile Epstein.
“First of all, let’s just state, I did not introduce him to Prince Andrew. I did not introduce him to Prince Andrew or to Sarah Ferguson. That is a flat untruth. I’ll start with that.”