Ghislaine Maxwell told DOJ Trump never did anything concerning around her: Sources
During her nine hours speaking with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month, Ghislaine Maxwell said nothing during the interview that would be harmful to President Donald Trump, telling Blanche that Trump had never done anything in her presence that would have caused concern, according to sources familiar with what Maxwell said.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, is considering publicly releasing the transcripts from the interview, multiple sources familiar with the internal discussions told ABC News.
Maxwell's meetings with Blanche took place for nine hours over two days.
There is also an audio recording of the interview, the sources said, but it's not clear whether the administration plans to release the audio to accompany any public release of the transcript.
The public release of the transcripts could come as soon as this week, the sources said.
Maxwell, an associate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was convicted of sex trafficking and other charges and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022, which she was serving at a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, until her recent move to a more relaxed federal prison camp in Texas. She is appealing her conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court.
ABC previously reported that it was Maxwell who requested the interview with the DOJ, according to sources familiar with the matter. Maxwell is also asking the Supreme Court to review her conviction and Trump has not ruled out a pardon for her.
Maxwell's lawyer, David Markus, said following her meetings with Blanche that Maxwell “would welcome any relief.” He also said Maxwell was asked about "one hundred different people," and said "she didn't hold anything back."
Trump, asked Tuesday whether he approved the prison transfer for Maxwell, said, "I didn't know about it at all, no. I read about it just like you did. It's not a very uncommon thing,"
Trump also just said that anything Blanche discussed with Maxwell during his meetings with her would be "totally above board."
Following his first day of meetings with Maxwell, Blanche tweeted that "The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time."
CNN first reported the administration was considering releasing the transcripts.
In an interview with Newsmax last week, when asked when Americans could hear about the contents of the meeting, Trump said: "I don't know, because I haven't spoken about it, but he's a very talented guy, Todd Blanche, and a very straight shooter, and I think he probably wanted to know, you know, just to get a feeling of it, because we'd like to release everything, but we don't want people to get hurt that shouldn't be hurt. And I would assume that was why he was there. I want to release everything. I just don't want people to get hurt."
Neither the the White House or the DOJ immediately responded to a request for comment from ABC News.
