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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,470 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:21 PM Aug 2025

CNN Analyst Pinpoints The Weirdest Part Of Ghislaine Maxwell's 'Simply Bizarre' DOJ Interview

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig expressed serious skepticism over claims made by Ghislaine Maxwell in the just-released transcripts of her interview with the Department of Justice.

Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for helping disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, is seeking a pardon from President Donald Trump and sang his praises in her interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month.

Asked Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” whether he found Maxwell’s account “credible,” Honig responded, “Oh my gosh, no,” before explaining what he found odd about her take.

“In this transcript, Ghislaine Maxwell provides a simply bizarre worldview wherein almost nobody did anything wrong,” Honig said. “She doesn’t even actually implicate Jeffrey Epstein.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cnn-analyst-pinpoints-weirdest-part-171140719.html

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CNN Analyst Pinpoints The Weirdest Part Of Ghislaine Maxwell's 'Simply Bizarre' DOJ Interview (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 OP
She has maintained her and Epstein's total innocence all along, at any opportunity she was given AZJonnie Aug 2025 #1
The part where she basically exonerates johnnyfins Aug 2025 #2
She was hildegaard28 Aug 2025 #3
Yes, Chris Hayes made this observation the same day the transcript came senseandsensibility Aug 2025 #4

AZJonnie

(4,035 posts)
1. She has maintained her and Epstein's total innocence all along, at any opportunity she was given
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:27 PM
Aug 2025

Of course, she didn't have the gumption to get on the stand and say that at her own trial But that is what she's always maintained, so it's hardly what I'd call 'bizarre' (for her, I mean) in this particular context. And obviously she's going to buff Trump's knob in this particular interview, say exactly what she thinks will please him. He is the only one with control over her fate. And guess what? It paid off, in spades.

johnnyfins

(3,993 posts)
2. The part where she basically exonerates
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:30 PM
Aug 2025

"Epstein" as she refers to him, is the oddest and most important part. If he did nothing wrong, then no one did.

Isnt it odd that she doesnt refer to him as Jeff or Jeffrey?

hildegaard28

(792 posts)
3. She was
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 02:17 PM
Aug 2025

Just reading a script. That's why they gave her immunity. They knew it was all a lie and they didn't want future administrations holding her accountable.

senseandsensibility

(25,530 posts)
4. Yes, Chris Hayes made this observation the same day the transcript came
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 02:20 PM
Aug 2025

out. The woman absolves Epstein himself!

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