DOJ's Interview with Ghislaine Maxwell Sparks Outrage from Giuffre Family

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's family has released a statement expressing outrage over the Department of Justice's release of transcripts from its interview with Ghislaine Maxwell.

The statement came after the DOJ released the transcripts, which showed Maxwell claiming that Jeffrey Epstein did not keep a client list. Maxwell was convicted in 2022 on federal sex trafficking charges and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.

"During DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history," Giuffre's family said. "This travesty of justice entirely invalidates the experiences of the many brave survivors who put their safety, security, and lives on the line to ensure her conviction, including our sister."

Giuffre died by suicide earlier this year after giving detailed testimony about Epstein, Maxwell, and others' involvement in a sex trafficking ring. She was a former attendant at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private Florida resort.

In the transcript released by the DOJ, Maxwell said that Trump was always very “cordial” and kind to her when they interacted in social circles in the 1990s.

"I think they were friendly like people are in social settings. I don't -- I don't think they were close friends or I certainly never witnessed the President in any of -- I don't recall ever seeing him in his house, for instance," Maxwell said. "I actually never saw the President in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way. The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects."

Giuffre's family also criticized the Trump administration's decision to move Maxwell to a minimum security prison, saying it sends a "disturbing message that child sex trafficking is acceptable and will be rewarded."

"The Department of Justice serves the people of the United States. We continue to call upon the DOJ to do its job by investigating and holding accountable the many rich and powerful people who enabled Ghislaine Maxwell’s and Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes," the family wrote.