House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday said convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, who told the Justice Department in a recent interview that she “never” saw President Donald Trump engage in any “inappropriate” behavior, has “no credibility.”
The Trump administration has faced notable public backlash for withholding additional files on Maxwell’s late accomplice, the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, particularly after Johnson abruptly shut down the House in July — blocking a vote that would force the release of said files.
Maxwell is currently seeking a pardon from the administration, recently telling Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, “I never, ever saw any man doing something inappropriate with a woman of any age.” She was subsequently transferred to a more comfortable prison.
Johnson was asked on Friday on CNN how much weight he put on Maxwell’s comments.
“Not much at all,” he told “News Central” host John Berman. “She has no credibility. She’s been convicted for sex trafficking, OK? But we’re for maximum — maximum transparency. With the Epstein files, I’ve been saying this for years.”
