Throughout her 9 hours talking with Deputy Lawyer Common Todd Blanche final month, Ghislaine Maxwell stated nothing through the interview that will be dangerous to President Donald Trump, telling Blanche that Trump had by no means accomplished something in her presence that will have precipitated concern, in response to sources conversant in what Maxwell stated.
The Trump administration, in the meantime, is contemplating publicly releasing the transcripts from the interview, a number of sources conversant in the inner discussions informed ABC Information.
Maxwell’s conferences with Blanche occurred for 9 hours over two days.
There may be additionally an audio recording of the interview, the sources stated, nevertheless it’s not clear whether or not the administration plans to launch the audio to accompany any public launch of the transcript.
The general public launch of the transcripts might come as quickly as this week, the sources stated.
Maxwell, an affiliate of the late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, was convicted of intercourse trafficking and different expenses and sentenced to twenty years in jail in 2022, which she was serving at a federal jail in Tallahassee, Florida, till her current transfer to a extra relaxed federal jail camp in Texas. She is interesting her conviction to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom.
ABC beforehand reported that it was Maxwell who requested the interview with the DOJ, in response to sources conversant in the matter. Maxwell can be asking the Supreme Courtroom to overview her conviction and Trump has not dominated out a pardon for her.
Deputy Lawyer Common Todd Blanche departs his lodge for a gathering with Ghislaine Maxwell in Tallahassee, Fla., July 25, 2025.
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Maxwell’s lawyer, David Markus, stated following her conferences with Blanche that Maxwell “would welcome any reduction.” He additionally stated Maxwell was requested about “100 totally different folks,” and stated “she did not maintain something again.”
Trump, requested Tuesday whether or not he authorized the jail switch for Maxwell, stated, “I did not learn about it in any respect, no. I examine it identical to you probably did. It is not a really unusual factor,”
Trump additionally simply stated that something Blanche mentioned with Maxwell throughout his conferences together with her can be “completely above board.”
Following his first day of conferences with Maxwell, Blanche tweeted that “The Division of Justice will share further details about what we discovered on the applicable time.”
CNN first reported the administration was contemplating releasing the transcripts.
In an interview with Newsmax final week, when requested when Individuals might hear in regards to the contents of the assembly, Trump stated: “I do not know, as a result of I have not spoken about it, however he is a really gifted man, Todd Blanche, and a really straight shooter, and I feel he most likely wished to know, you already know, simply to get a sense of it, as a result of we would wish to launch all the things, however we do not need folks to get harm that should not be harm. And I might assume that was why he was there. I need to launch all the things. I simply don’t desire folks to get harm.”
Neither the the White Home or the DOJ instantly responded to a request for remark from ABC Information.
