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Ghislaine Maxwell answered questions about 100 people linked to Epstein during a two-day interrogation. Serving a 20-year sentence, she seeks clemency from President Trump.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein (Image Credit: AFP)
Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney for the disgraced socialite claimed that she answered questions from Justice Department officials about around “100 different people” connected to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, following a two-day interrogation led by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, where she was granted limited immunity.
According to David Oscar Markus, his client, currently serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted in Manhattan of federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges in December 2021, was “asked about every possible thing you could imagine – everything.”
“This was the first opportunity she’s ever been given to answer questions about what happened,” Markus added. “The truth will come out about what happened with Epstein, and she’s the person who’s answering those questions.”
Blanche had “every single question” answered during the sitdown, Maxwell’s attorney also said, with the British-born convict declining to plead the Fifth Amendment, the New York Post reported. “If she lies, they could charge her with lying,” Markus noted.
A reporter countered, “But didn’t they charge her with lying?” referencing the two perjury counts that were later dropped by the prosecution after her conviction.
“No one is above the law — and no lead is off-limits,” Blanche posted on X Tuesday in announcing he would speak with Maxwell, the NYP reported.
Maxwell, 63, is currently appealing her conviction and sentence, leading some legal observers to speculate that her cooperation may be an attempt to secure clemency from President Trump.
Her attorney described the commander in chief Friday as “the ultimate dealmaker” and claimed his client had “been treated unfairly for the past five years” and “didn’t get a fair trial.” “We hope he exercises that power in a right and just way,” Markus added.
Trump, after landing in Glasgow, Scotland, told reporters that “I don’t know anything about the conversation” between Blanche and Maxwell because “I haven’t really been following it.”
“This is no time to be talking about pardons,” the president added after saying hours earlier while leaving the White House, that “I haven’t thought” about the idea.
According to ABC News, Maxwell reportedly initiated the sitdowns with the DOJ and answered questions for roughly nine hours.
The limited immunity granted to Maxwell protected her from having her statements used against her in future criminal proceedings, sources told the outlet.
Proffer immunity is typically granted to individuals prosecutors want cooperation from in a criminal case.
The Department of Justice, in 2022, questioned Maxwell’s credibility, stating in court documents that she demonstrated a “significant pattern of dishonest conduct” and refused to accept responsibility for her crimes.
As per court documents, the prior year revealed that prosecutors never seriously entertained the prospect of offering the woman dubbed “Epstein’s madam” a plea agreement after the financier was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell while awaiting his federal trial on Aug. 10, 2019.
Markus noted that Epstein’s attorneys had been informed that “no potential co-conspirators would be prosecuted” as part of his talks with government lawyers following his July 2019 arrest on sex trafficking charges.
“I don’t think President Trump knows that the Justice Department took the position that that promise should not be upheld,” he claimed.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi hinted in a February Fox News interview that federal investigation files on Epstein, including an alleged “client list” of powerful associates, would be disclosed – but the release never materialised.
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