The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released on Friday transcripts of its interview with Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently imprisoned over a sex-trafficking case.
According to the transcripts, Maxwell recalled that she first knew about President Donald Trump and potentially met him in 1990 when she visited the US to work for her father’s company, and that it was during this time that she had also first met Epstein in 1991.
However, Maxwell denied that Trump and former President Bill Clinton had ever been “inappropriate” with masseuses who were allegedly recruited to give massages. She continued that Trump “seemed friendly” with Epstein, though she had only seen both of them together in “social settings.” She further praised Trump as a “gentleman