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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Ghislaine Maxwell hinted at Epstein’s ties to Trump officials – why wasn’t she pressed for names?

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Ghislaine Maxwell said some of the ‘characters’ around Epstein were ‘in [Trump’s] cabinet’. Illustration: Guardian Design/Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images

As deputy US attorney general Todd Blanche announced last week that the justice department would release transcripts of his interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, he described this disclosure as being “in the interest of transparency”.

“Except for the names of victims, every word is included. Nothing removed. Nothing hidden,” Blanche also said of his two-day sit down with Maxwell, who was convicted sex trafficking in relation to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of teenage girls.

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