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Peacetrain

(24,141 posts)
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:00 PM Jul 22

Trump orders officials to speak to Ghislaine Maxwell about Epstein files

Do they really think people are that damn dumb, Maxwell would agree to anything the administration wants her to say to save her skin... she knows what happened to Epstein...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-orders-doj-speak-ghislaine-124354051.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

"“Therefore, at the direction of Attorney General Bondi, I have communicated with counsel for Ms Maxwell to determine whether she would be willing to speak with prosecutors from the Department. I anticipate meeting with Ms Maxwell in the coming days.”

Maxwell’s lawyer, who has been trying to meet with the Trump administration and has suggested his client should be freed, has confirmed he is in talks with government officials.

“I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully,” David Oscar Markus said.

He added: “We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case.”
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C_U_L8R

(47,740 posts)
1. Maxwell's attorney would be wise to record the meeting
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:03 PM
Jul 22

Though they are probably amenable to whatever crooked deal Trump has got for them.

UpInArms

(53,193 posts)
8. Didn't Barr visit Epstein right before
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:50 PM
Jul 22

The “suicide”?

Jeffrey Epstein could have ‘paid’ for help with suicide: Former Gotti pal

August 11, 2019

Kasman said he heard US Attorney General William Barr personally made a hush-hush trip to the MCC two weeks ago, about the time Epstein was found in his cell with bruises around his neck.

“When does that happen?” he asked. “The attorney general never visits jails. Something’s not right there.”
Kasman said the facility was “totally disgusting — worse than Guantanamo Bay.”


The death of the American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein occurred on August 10, 2019; guards found Epstein unresponsive in his jail cell at 6:30 am at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, hanging off the side of his cell's bed, where he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. After prison guards performed CPR, he was transported in cardiac arrest to the New York Downtown Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:39 am. The New York City medical examiner and the Justice Department Inspector General ruled that Epstein's death was a suicide by hanging.

Mz Pip

(28,174 posts)
4. If I were Maxwell
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:13 PM
Jul 22

I would have copies of everything in a safe deposit box that I would make very clear would be sent to every major news organization should I commit “suicide “ or even die by natural causes.

Ping Tung

(3,162 posts)
5. It sounds like another "Art of the Derail" exchange. Pardon? Parole? Transfer to better quarters?
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:16 PM
Jul 22

AZJonnie

(1,108 posts)
6. YES ABSOLUTELY Maxwell will say anything to save her skin
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:40 PM
Jul 22

The last thing in the WORLD she would do is implicate Trump under any circumstances. Democrats should NOT want to hear from Maxwell under the auspices of a wholly corrupt Trump DoJ.

Also, do NOT trust Alan Dershowitz. He cares about one thing, that's himself. He wants "all evidence released" for one purpose, which is that he thinks it will show the late Virginia Guiffre (his own accuser, and the single known victim who has made the "Epstein as child pimp to the rich and famous" accusation) to be a liar and an extortionist. Also because he previously represented Epstein, he would not want evidence to come out that says Epstein was doing even WORSE shit than was known before, because that also makes him look bad. He also knows Maxwell will say nothing that will hurt him, she will 100% deny, in effect, everything that Giuffre has said happened WRT trafficking. What he's saying about her being the Rosetta Stone, and "knowing everything" is to burnish her credibility so that when she gets up on the stand and says "none of this supposed trafficking to the rich and powerful ever happened, it was all just Epstein abusing these girls", which is what Dersh wants to hear, it will be more believable.

Nothing good for our side (or for any victims) is going to come of hearing from Maxwell under these circumstances, prompted by this DoJ. The fact that Bondi just fired Maureen Comey only makes me more sure of this. She's in a position to say "Maxwell is full of shit", but now she'll be the "disgruntled, corrupt former prosecutor, daughter of the also-fired and disgraced Jim Comey!" whenever Trump refers to her. And the complicit M$M will get the message and downplay or ignore anything she has to say.

WSHazel

(544 posts)
10. There is no reason for Maxwell to trust Trump
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:16 PM
Jul 22

He probably killed Epstein, and would likely kill her. The fact that she is alive probably means she has set up a way to deliver evidence to news services if she so much as stubs her toe.

AZJonnie

(1,108 posts)
13. You're starting with a different set of suppositions here than I do, clearly
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:14 PM
Jul 22

Regardless, the most important fact is that the only chance in hell she has of getting out of jail is by saying exactly what Trump wants her to say publicly. Which happens to also provide her with the best opportunity to not get whacked. She may not 'trust him' but AFAICT that doesn't change what her 'best play' is in this situation. Point being there is a 0% chance that anything she will say (out loud) will be something that could offend Trump. She'll be playing to an audience of 1

republianmushroom

(20,788 posts)
9. The jokes of the day.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:54 PM
Jul 22

Todd Blanche....... no one is above the law.....and no lead is off limits.

Bondi.....The DOJ does not shy away from uncomfortable truths.

Response to Peacetrain (Original post)

senseandsensibility

(23,034 posts)
12. Was going to post something similar if you didn't
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:14 PM
Jul 22

Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Well, it should be obvious but you can bet that the corporate media will move mountains to pretend not to notice the obvious here. K and R.

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