Tallahassee, Florida (AP) – Ghislaine Maxwellan imprisoned ex-girlfriend Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epsteinwho finished a 1/2-day interview with Justice Department officials on Friday, answered questions to “about 100 different people,” her lawyer said.
“She was honest with these questions, honestly and to her full potential,” David Oscar Marx told reporters outside federal court in Tallahassee, Florida, and Maxwell met with Associate Attorney General Todd Blanche.
“She never invoked any privilege. She never refused to answer any questions, so we are extremely proud of her,” Marx said.
Maxwell is He is serving a 20-year sentence He is held at a low-security federal prison in Tallahassee. She was sentenced three years ago after being convicted of supporting Epstein, a wealthy and well-connected investor, a sexually abused minor girl.
Authorities said Epstein He committed suicide in his New York prison While awaiting trial in 2019, his case, however, has produced endless attention and conspiracy theory for his links with Maxwell with celebrities such as the Royals, the President and billionaires, including Donald Trump.
In a social media post this week, Blanche said Maxwell will be interviewed due to President Trump’s instructions to collect and release credible evidence about others who may have committed a crime.
Trump denied Epstein’s prior knowledge of crime and claimed he had cut off their relationship long ago. But he is facing ongoing Questions about the Epstein casecovers up his administration’s achievements. On Friday, reporters urged the Republican president to pardon Maxwell, but he highlighted and biased the success of his administration.
Marx said Maxwell was “asked about 100 different people.”
“The Deputy Attorney General is looking for the truth,” Marx said. “He asked every question and he was doing a great job.”
Marx admitted that Trump could relent her, but said he didn’t ask Maxwell anything in return.
“Listen, the President said this morning that he has the power to do so. I hope he will exercise that power on the right and on the road just right,” Marx said.
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice said I will not release any more files Despite the promises he argued not by Attorney General Pam Bondy in connection with the Epstein investigation. The department also said there is no Epstein client list.
Maxwell has sought her conviction several years ago based on a government pledge that Epstein’s potential co-conspirators will not be charged, Marx said. Epstein signed a contract with federal prosecutors in 2008 and moved his case to Florida court, where he pleaded guilty to soliciting and procuring minors for prostitution.
Epstein in 2019 and Maxwell in 2020 were indicted in federal court in New York.
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White reported from Detroit.
