Trump Administration Considering Releasing Transcript Of Doj's Interview With Ghislaine Maxwell

The Trump management is considering publically releasing nan transcript of a Justice Department official's two-day question and reply pinch Ghislaine Maxwell past month, a root acquainted pinch nan matter told NBC News connected Tuesday.

“We’re leaning toward transparency,” nan root said.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met pinch Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator and confidant, for 9 hours of interviews complete 2 days successful July. Former prosecutors told NBC News past month that it was highly different for nan Justice Department’s second-in-command to personally question and reply a witness.

Blanche made nary nationalist statements astir what Maxwell said aliases what would travel adjacent successful nan Epstein investigation. Days later, Maxwell was transferred from a Florida situation to a minimum-security situation successful Texas wherever nan mostly of inmates are serving clip for nonviolent offenses and white-collar crimes.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year situation condemnation for her domiciled successful recruiting and trafficking minors for sex.

The Bureau of Prison’s ain nickname would person made Maxwell ineligible for nan transfer, arsenic BOP argumentation mandates that convicted activity offenders must beryllium held successful astatine slightest a low-security-level facility. The only work-around to nan norm is if nan bureau’s Designation and Sentence Computation Center issues a waiver.

Epstein survivors and their families person blasted nan transfer, calling it “preferential treatment.” Former BOP officials person likewise derided nan move, with a erstwhile charismatic calling it “a travesty of justice.”

Maxwell has been successful nan spotlight amid fallout from nan Trump administration’s handling of files related to Epstein, nan convicted activity offender who died successful situation successful 2019 awaiting proceedings connected national activity trafficking charges.

Members of President Donald Trump’s base, arsenic good arsenic immoderate Cabinet members, person agelong advocated for nan merchandise of nan files, pinch immoderate promoting conspiracy theories astir Epstein’s death. Trump vowed connected nan run way past twelvemonth to merchandise nan files if he were elected.

The rumor became a root of division betwixt Trump and his MAGA guidelines aft nan Justice Department said past period that it would not merchandise immoderate much files related to nan case.

Trump has astatine times dismissed nan value of nan issue, but he precocious directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to activity nan merchandise of pertinent expansive assemblage testimony. The bid came aft The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump sent Epstein a “bawdy” day paper successful 2003. Trump later sued nan newspaper.