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BumRushDaShow

(172,216 posts)
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:14 AM Aug 2025

Justice Department gave Ghislaine Maxwell 'a platform to rewrite history,' family of Epstein abuse survivor says

Source: NBC News

Aug. 23, 2025, 8:12 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 23, 2025, 9:07 PM EDT


The family members of a prominent survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse said they were “outraged” by the Justice Department’s decision to release transcripts from Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony last month to a federal prosecutor, arguing it provided Maxwell a “platform to rewrite history."

“The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction for child sex trafficking,” the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre said in a statement. The family added, “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.”

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month questioned Maxwell, who’s serving a 20-year prison sentence on sex trafficking charges, for two days as part of an effort by the Trump administration to uncover more information about Epstein’s crimes. The Justice Department on Friday released audio and transcripts of the two-day interview, during which Maxwell refuted several allegations of wrongdoing against her and Epstein, including by Giuffre, who died by suicide in April.

Giuffre accused Maxwell of grooming her to be sexually abused by Epstein and trafficked to several of his powerful friends, including Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Giuffre separately sued Andrew in 2021 for sexually abusing her as a minor, an allegation he has denied. The two later settled the case for an undisclosed amount in 2022.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-gave-ghislaine-maxwell-platform-rewrite-history-fam-rcna226797

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Justice Department gave Ghislaine Maxwell 'a platform to rewrite history,' family of Epstein abuse survivor says (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 OP
Believe the victims. Not the perpetrators. (nt) Paladin Aug 2025 #1
Would have been nice gab13by13 Aug 2025 #2
Only audio and transcripts were released Bayard Aug 2025 #3

gab13by13

(32,761 posts)
2. Would have been nice
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:23 AM
Aug 2025

if a group of Congressional Democrats had held a couple of town halls and invited Maxwell victims, lawyers for the victims, prosecutors, and do them in red districts, why, because the local Fox news stations would have covered them.

Once again Time Mattered because we knew that Maxwell and the Pedophile Magat Party was going to white wash Maxwell's and Krasnov's participation in raping little girls.

I fully expect Epstein Gate to fade away once unwashed Magats allow it to fade.

Time to move on to be informed how far along our militarized police state is going, the move to state TV is moving quite well.

Bayard

(30,269 posts)
3. Only audio and transcripts were released
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 01:23 PM
Aug 2025

She was probably reading from a script that had been prepared for her.

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