The attached attorney general Todd Blanche said Tuesday that it is an “impossible question” if Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of traffic of dozens of girls to Jeffrey Epstein for sexual abuse, is a “credible” witness in his denials of participation in Epstein’s crimes.
“It is an impossible question to answer,” Blanche said in his first record statements about his julio -two -day sitting with Maxwell, after the Department of Justice issued transcripts of his meeting last month.
“I met her for two days. Determine if a witness is credible has been for weeks and weeks,” Blanche said in CNN on Tuesday night.
Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney of the United States, speaks during a press conference in the information room of James S. Brady at the White House, on June 27, 2025 in Washington DC
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Blanche said during his interview that “it really depends on the American people to determine what they believe that their answers were credible or if they found it not credible.”
Maxwell was accused in July 2020, during the first Trump administration. His trial occurred at the end of 2021, while former President Joe Biden was at the White House.
Ghislaine Maxwell attends the fourth annual Wie Symposium, on September 20, 2013 in New York City.
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Federal prosecutors had previously accused Maxwell of Perjurio for alleged lies that he said during a 2016 civil statement in which they said he lied about never recruiting anyone minor to massage Epstein and never witness or participate in any criminal act, denials that he repeated largely in his interview with Blanche.
Perjury counts against her were finally withdrawn after her conviction for the most serious charges.
“I asked him questions that, I think we all wanted to answer and she answered them,” Blanche said. “She replied. I did not, the objective of the interview was not to prove every answer she gave, of course not. The point of the interview was to allow her to speak, what no one had done before.”
The Government had previously argued that Maxwell should not receive credibility during his criminal case, citing his “will to lie blatantly under oath about his conduct,” according to judicial records. Maxwell currently meets a 20 -year prison sentence in relation to his sentence.
Blanche seemed to sympathize with Maxwell, saying that “he had been in prison for many, many years, and that he had offered to speak on many, many occasions. And that opportunity was never given.”
“What I did is that I gave him that opportunity to talk,” Blanche said. “I was recorded. My questions were there and if, if their answers were credible or sincere, there is a lot of information about, about Mr. Epstein, about it and if what he said is completely incorrect or completely correct or a little of both, it is for the reason, why we launch the transcription.”
Then, Blanche added: “It really depends on the American people to determine what they believe that their answers were credible or if they found it not credible.”
