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Trump-led DOJ wants to speak to Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell
Following backlash over Epstein records, the DOJ’s overture to Ghislaine Maxwell is part of President Trump’s directive to release ‘all credible evidence’
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence, a senior official said on Tuesday.
If Ghislaine Maxwell “has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a post on social media, adding that US President Donald Trump had “told us to release all credible evidence”.
A lawyer for Maxwell confirmed there were discussions with the government.
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The overture to attorneys for Maxwell, who in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison, is part of an ongoing Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent following fierce backlash from parts of Trump’s base over an earlier refusal to release additional records in the Epstein investigation.
As part of that effort, the Justice Department, acting at the direction of the Republican president, last week asked a judge to unseal grand jury transcripts from the case. That decision is ultimately up to the judge.
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Epstein, who killed himself in his New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial, sexually abused children hundreds of times over more than a decade, exploiting vulnerable girls as young as 14, authorities say.
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