Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, told a top Justice Department official in July that she never saw US President Donald Trump in an “inappropriate setting”, according to a transcript of an interview released on Friday.
“I never witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting in any way,” Maxwell said, according to the transcript of her two-day interview last month with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
“The president was never inappropriate with anybody.”
Maxwell also told Blanche that she was not aware of any “client list” of Epstein’s.
Epstein’s friendships with wealthy and powerful individuals have fuelled conspiracy theories that others were involved with his crimes, but no one other than he and Maxwell have been charged with crimes.
The Justice Department’s publication of the interview comes as Trump has faced criticism from his conservative base of supporters and congressional Democrats over the Justice Department’s decision not to release the files from its Epstein investigation.
