Hundreds of transcript pages unlikely to pacify those who want to know more of president’s association with Epstein
For weeks, Donald Trump has been on the defensive over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigative files and the extent of his own personal links to the late sex trafficker.
While Trump had promised to release files related to Epstein, his justice department announced in July there would be no more disclosures, prompting uproar among conspiracy-minded Maga adherents and many other of his supporters.
As criticism grew louder, the deputy attorney general Todd Blanche – who defended Trump in criminal proceedings – interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her involvement in Epstein’s abuse of teen girls. After the first interview session, Blanche said “the Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time”.
The appropriate time turned out to be just before 3pm ET on Friday, 22 August when the department published redacted transcripts of Blanche’s interviews with Maxwell.
