Trump Goon Breaks Silence on Maxwell’s Prison ‘Lies’

Donald Trump’s deputy attorney general has defended his controversial interview with sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell after explosive emails suggested the president “spent hours” with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims—contrary to what she told him.

Three months after Todd Blanche met Maxwell to discuss the Epstein files, resulting in the former British socialite being moved to a cushy low-security jail, the deputy attorney general has been accused of using the meeting to protect Trump.

The criticism stemmed from Maxwell telling Blanche during the interview that she had never seen Trump at Epstein’s house.

From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images) — Trump was a friend of Epstein’s from the 1980s into the 2000s. He has repeatedly said he did not know anything about Epstein’s crimes. Davidoff Studios/Getty Images

“I think they were friendly like people are in social settings. I don’t,” she said, according to transcripts. “I don’t think they were close friends… I don’t recall ever seeing him in his house, for instance.”

However, the bombshell emails released this week show that in April 2011, Epstein wrote to Maxwell describing Trump as a “dog that hasn’t barked” and noting that one of his victims, who has since been identified as Virginia Giuffre, “spent hours at my house with him.”

Maxwell replied: “I have been thinking about that…”

The release of the emails this week sent shockwaves through Washington, with some legal experts and political pundits taking aim at Blanche, who used to be Trump’s personal attorney.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks to the media as U.S. President Donald Trump listens. — U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche carried out the interviews that enraged O’Donnell. Ken Cedeno/Reuters

“An important side note about today’s Epstein/Trump revelations,” high-profile lawyer and Trump critic George Conway wrote on X.

“Blanche’s questioning of Ghislaine Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump

“Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General of the United States,” added Conway, the former husband of former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway.

2019-03-20T155620Z_147900583_RC1C59C776E0_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-CONWAY_mx6v1r — George Conway and White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway in 2017. Reuters

But in his first public remarks since the House Oversight Committee released the files, Blanche clapped back and defended his handling of the Maxwell interview.

“When I interviewed Maxwell, law enforcement didn’t have the materials Epstein’s estate hid for years and only just provided to Congress,” he explained before firing back at Conway’s post.

“Stop talking,” Blanche told him. “It’s unbecoming.”

Epstein died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial for his crimes. Maxwell was subsequently sentenced for being his accomplice, after spending years helping to recruit young girls for Epstein to sexually abuse.

But as the political scandal over the Epstein files escalated, Maxwell was moved in July from her jail in Florida to a minimum security prison camp in Texas, which industry publications have listed as one of the “Best Jails in America to Serve Time.”

The transfer came days after her meeting with Blanche, where the president was praised repeatedly.

“The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects,” she said.

According to whistleblowers, Maxwell is now receiving a string of perks in jail, including access to a puppy, customized meals, and a special cordoned-off area for visitors, as well as snacks for her guests.

She is also reportedly preparing a request to seek a commutation from Trump in the hope of reducing her sentence.

However, asked about the prospect of a pardon on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters: “He’s answered this repeatedly. It’s not something he’s talking about or even thinking about at this moment in time.”

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