Epstein complicity Ghislaine Maxwell gives 100 names

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Lerato Khumalo

Epstein complicity

Ghislaine Maxwell provides information – 100 people mentioned

07/26/2025 – 00:45 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.

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Ghislaine Maxwell (archive picture): She was interviewed by the Ministry of Justice for two days. (Source: Rick Bajornas/dpa)

Ghislaine Maxwell unpacked the US Justice Ministry-over 100 people from the environment of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Your statements could bring new movement into a case.

In the event of an interrogation by the US Ministry of Justice, Ghislaine Maxwell gave information about “100 different people” who are supposed to be in connection with the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Her lawyer David Oscar Markus said this on Friday ahead of journalists in Tallahasee, Florida.

“She was interviewed about every single person and answered all questions,” said Markus. Maxwell had not refused a statement and did not insist on her right to refuse to testify according to the fifth additional article of the US constitution.

Maxwell is considered an Epstein’s long -term complicity. The 63-year-old is currently serving a 20-year sentence for human trade and conspiracy for sexual exploitation of minors. She was convicted in New York in December 2021. Epstein was accused of misused numerous girls and young women. The billionaire was found hanged in his prison cell in New York in 2019. Last US media published documents and photos that indicate an earlier relationship between the Epstein and Trump.

According to Markus, the conversation took place on Thursday and Friday with the deputy Minister of Justice Todd Blanche. It was the first time that Maxwell was given the opportunity to talk about her role and Epstein networks in detail. “She was asked about everything you can imagine – to everything,” said Markus.

Rights experts speculate whether Maxwell’s statements could also be in the context of a possible mercy application to President Donald Trump. Her lawyer emphasized that although no concrete claims have been made so far, but added: “We hope that he will exercise this power in a correct and fair way.”

Trump himself said on Friday on the way to Scotland that he “did not think about it” to pardon Maxwell. Before that, he had emphasized: “I can do that, but I haven’t considered it yet.”

In this case, Trump has come under pressure in his own warehouse because his government did not bring light into the scandal as promised. A recently published report by the FBI and the Ministry of Justice had stated that there was “no credible indications” on a so -called “customer list” or to blackmail prominent people by Epstein. The public reacted partly to this presentation with mistrust. A Quinnipiac University survey showed that many US citizens see the re-evaluation of the Epstein investigations by the Trump government critically.

For August 11, Maxwell was also invited to testify before the US Congress. According to her lawyer, it is still open whether she will comment there: “We still have to decide whether she will answer or not.”

The Ministry of Justice announced that it would make the content of the Maxwell Verhorn “public at the right time”.