DOJ releases interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, reviving unanswered questions in Epstein scandal



The Department of Justice released several transcripts and audio recordings of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, 63.

The senior Trump administration official met with Maxwell and her lawyer, David Oscar Markus, over two days in July at the federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, where she was previously held while serving her 20-year sentence.

'Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden.'

Maxwell, who was moved to a minimum-security federal prison in Bryan, Texas, earlier this month, was convicted in 2021 for trafficking minors for sex as Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator and confidante.

Transcripts and audio recordings from their meeting revealed that Maxwell still does not believe that Epstein committed suicide in 2019. When asked to speculate about who might have killed him, she stated she did not know.

She claimed that Epstein did not have a client list, and she was unaware of him previously being accused of blackmailing or extorting anyone, suggesting that his death was unrelated.

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"In prison, where I am, they will kill you, or they will pay — somebody can pay a prisoner to kill you for $25 worth of commissary," Maxwell said. "That's about the going rate for a hit with a lock today."

Maxwell insisted that she never witnessed President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton do anything inappropriate. She rejected claims that Clinton traveled to Epstein's island.

She noted that she met Trump before Epstein and believed the two were "friendly like people are in social settings," but added, "I don't think they were close friends."

"President Trump was always very cordial and very kind to me. And I just want to say that I find — I admire his extraordinary achievement in becoming the president now. And I like him, and I've always liked him. So that is the sum and substance of my entire relationship with him," she said.

Maxwell also insisted that she did not introduce Epstein to Prince Andrew and called claims that Epstein worked for or communicated with an intelligence agency "bulls**t."

"That is a flat untruth," she said.

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Blanche stated that the interview files were released "in the interest of transparency."

"Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden," he remarked.

Markus applauded the DOJ's decision to publish the files. He claimed that Maxwell was "innocent and never should have been tried, much less convicted, in this case."

"She never committed or participated in sexual abuse against minors, or anyone else for that matter. In fact, the government has admitted that it did not even consider her a conspirator during the extensive investigation into Epstein in the Southern District of Florida. The only reason she was ever charged is that she served as a scapegoat after Jeffrey Epstein died in prison," Markus stated.

"We are thankful to the Department of Justice and to Todd Blanche for making these tapes and transcripts public so that people can judge for themselves. We are also grateful to the president for his continued commitment to the truth in this matter and for refusing to cave to the mob," Markus added.

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RELAX: Trump is NOT going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell



President Trump’s unpopular handling of the Epstein files may soon be rectified, after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche underwent two days of interviews with Epstein’s convicted associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

However, while taking questions last Friday, Trump was asked whether or not he planned to pardon Maxwell — and his answer has drawn ire from skeptics across the country.

“I don’t want to talk about that,” he said. He was then pressed further and responded, “It’s something I haven’t thought about,” before adding, “I’m allowed to do it.”

BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales isn’t concerned by Trump’s answers.


“I will say this, people want to read into President Trump’s responses to questions. I tend not to do that. He’s just a talker. He just talks,” Gonzales says, noting that when she was once given an opportunity to ask Trump whether or not he planned on pardoning January 6 protesters, he gave her a nonanswer as well.

“He’s like, ‘Well, we’re really looking into it. I can tell you that we've been looking at it, and the way that they’ve been treated is very unfairly, and we’re really looking.’ And I was like, ‘Why won’t you just give an answer?’ That’s just not him. He just doesn’t do it,” she explains.

Meanwhile, the White House has confirmed in a statement to the Daily Mail that “there have been no discussions or consideration of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, and there never will be.”

“They said there will never be a pardon for her, but they are meeting with her. The DOJ has met with her. Who knows what’s going to come out of that. Again, I approached this entire thing with great caution because like, she's here to tell a tale that a dead man cannot refute,” Gonzales says.

“So now we are left with just taking a convicted child sex trafficker at her word,” she continues, adding, “For lack of a better term, that feels icky. So it’s just not a good situation.”

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DOJ reaches out to one major Epstein witness everyone's been afraid to talk to



The Trump administration faced significant backlash over the Justice Department's July 6 conclusion that Jeffrey Epstein did not have a client list — a list that Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed in a Feb. 21 interview to have sitting on her desk.

While President Donald Trump has indicated he does not personally share the public's continued fascination with the Epstein case, he told reporters on July 15 that he would instruct his administration to release any "credible information."

'The FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say.'

The DOJ, acting on Trump's instruction, is working to check off some items that appeared on Turning Point USA President Charlie Kirk's list of "10 immediate credible action items" Bondi could take that might satisfy Americans' hunger for answers, namely pressing Epstein's former lover and co-conspirator for answers.

Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison for her role in a scheme to sexually exploit and abuse minor girls as young as 14 with Epstein, going all the way back to the early 1990s.

According to evidence presented at her trial and allegations in court documents, Maxwell "assisted, facilitated, and participated in Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minor girls by, among other things, helping Epstein to recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse victims known to Maxwell and Epstein to be under the age of 18."

In addition to grooming minors for abuse, Maxwell — whose father the Telegraph indicated was a newspaper baron who had "known links with MI6, the KGB, and the Israeli intelligence service Mossad" — apparently did her best to normalize the abuse, allegedly discussing sexual topics with the victims, undressing in front of them, hanging around when the victims were being stripped, and encouraging the victims to massage Epstein.

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Besides Epstein, it is unlikely there is anybody more familiar with the monstrous operation than Maxwell.

A source close to Maxwell recently told the Daily Mail that the convicted groomer "would be more than happy to sit before Congress and tell her story."

"No one from the government has ever asked her to share what she knows," said the unnamed source. "She remains the only person to be jailed in connection to Epstein, and she would welcome the chance to tell the American public the truth."

'No lead is off-limits.'

Charlie Kirk recommended that all of Maxwell's grand jury testimony should be unsealed and that the administration should "green-light Maxwell to speak freely and learn what she knows."

"President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in statement on Tuesday. "If Ghislane [sic] Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say."

Blanche indicated that he reached out to Maxwell's counsel at Bondi's direction "to determine whether she would be willing to speak with prosecutors from the Department."

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"I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the coming days," continued Blanche. "Until now, no administration on behalf of the Department had inquired about her willingness to meet with the government. That changes now."

"No one is above the law," Blanche added in a separate message, "and no lead is off-limits."

While the convicted sex offender might volunteer some satisfactory insights, it's clear that the DOJ is not budging in the meantime on its conclusion regarding the existence of the Epstein list.

Blanche noted that the DOJ and FBI's controversial conclusion "remains as accurate today as it was when it was written. Namely, that in the recent thorough review of the files maintained by the FBI in the Epstein case, no evidence was uncovered that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."

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California school district shuts down library app after 2nd-graders obtain books that feature sexual assault and pedophile animals
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California school district shuts down library app after 2nd-graders obtain books that feature sexual assault and pedophile animals



An Orange County, California, school district has suspended its digital library application after complaints by parents that children in the second grade were accessing books they found to be inappropriate.

The school district's new superintendent, Edward Velasquez, announced that the district would be temporarily shutting down the service, called Sora, which allows users to borrow ebooks and audiobooks from a school's library.

One parent found the book called "A Polar Bear in Love" on her second-grade child's app, called "Library Pass," which came on a school-issued iPad.

"The entire manga is about a polar bear who falls in love with a seal," a review of the book states. The male seal pup does not share the same feelings toward the adult bear, however.

In the book, a female polar bear falls in love with the male bear, but is jealous of the baby seal because it is "the object of [the male bear's] affections."

The synopsis also describes the bear telling the seal "that once the latter's all grown up, they'll get married together."

"The moment I saw him, he stole my heart," a video of the animated polar bear shows.


Another parent took issue with a book called "The Music of What Happens," from which she heard swear words "f**k" and "s**t" from the audiobook her second-grade child was listening to. The book, which is about a gay relationship between two high school boys, also discusses rape and details a sexual assault.

A synopsis from the website GoodReads.com describes one of the main characters: "Max: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his buddies. And a secret: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to breathe, one that he doesn't want to think about, ever."

The superintendent sent a message to parents about the app, saying such programs "must have the proper safeguards in place to allow parents to choose what they feel is appropriate for their child and ensure students are protected from content that is not age-appropriate."

“Moving forward, a committee will be formed to review app content before apps are approved for installation on student devices," the school official added.

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\u201cOrca warns Polar Bear about his cross-species romance, but Polar Bear isn\u2019t going to give up on his love for Seal so easily\u2026 Meanwhile, Cathy finds an encounter of their own!\n\nA Polar Bear in Love, Vol. 5 is available now: https://t.co/6SBovXCL1A\u201d
— Yen Press (@Yen Press) 1675263481


\u201cThe Music of What Happens W5OK8VO\n\nhttps://t.co/3pOMBBL4MM\u201d
— Maxwell.StantoniXD (@Maxwell.StantoniXD) 1672354073

First Gen Z person elected to Congress whines when rental application is denied over his poor credit



The first member of Generation Z to be elected to Congress complained that his rental application was denied because of his poor credit.

Community organizer Maxwell Alejandro Frost won a U.S. House seat for Florida, but he's having trouble finding a place to rent in Washington, D.C.

"Just applied to an apartment in DC where I told the guy that my credit was really bad. He said I’d be fine. Got denied, lost the apartment, and the application fee," tweeted Frost from his official social media account.

\u201cJust applied to an apartment in DC where I told the guy that my credit was really bad. He said I\u2019d be fine. Got denied, lost the apartment, and the application fee. \n\nThis ain\u2019t meant for people who don\u2019t already have money.\u201d
— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@Maxwell Alejandro Frost) 1670516981

"This ain’t meant for people who don’t already have money," he added.

Members of the House get paid about $174,000 a year. The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in D.C., according to Rent.com, is $2,435.

Frost went on to explain that he had bad credit as a result of the expenses he incurred while running for Congress.

"Didn’t make enough money from Uber itself to pay for my living," he tweeted. "For that primary, I quit my full time job cause I knew that to win at 25 yrs old, I’d need to be a full time candidate. 7 days a week, 10-12 hours a day. It’s not sustainable or right but it’s what we had to do."

Socialist Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York had a similar complaint when she was first elected, saying that she could not afford the rent in D.C. before obtaining her first congressional paycheck. She then complained when Fox News hosts mocked her and her wardrobe.

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Authorities declined to pursue charges against Epstein and Maxwell in 2016

Evidence is now surfacing that federal prosecutors declined to pursue charges against Maxwell and Epstein when the Manhattan US Attorney's office was presented with evidence in 2016.

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