Ghislaine Maxwell says there is 'no Epstein list' in interview released by US justice department

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the materials were being released “in the interest of transparency”.

The transcript and audio recording reveals the two day interview conducted by officials on July 24 and 25 about "100 different individuals".

Deputy Attorney Blanche, Trump's former criminal defence lawyer, interviewed Maxwell, 63, in Florida where she was serving a 20-year prison sentence

In the transcripts, Maxwell insists she did not witness US President Donald Trump or former president Bill Clinton do anything inappropriate.

She told Mr Blanche she does "not believe" Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in 2019.

Maxwell claimed she never saw Epstein taking photos or videos to later blackmail his guests.

She denied the existence of a "black book" or a client list containing names of famous people.

"Yeah, there is no list. We'll start with that," Maxwell said.

"Did you ever hear, when you were present for conversations that Mr Epstein was having, or others were having, anybody accuse him of blackmailing them or of trying to extort them, because of something Mr Epstein knew?" Mr Blanche asked.

"No," she replied.

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Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security federal prison camp about a week after she sat for the interview.

The prosecutors and judge involved in her 2021 criminal trial said she was failing to accept responsibility for her actions.

"The defendant’s willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct, including some of the conduct charged in the Indictment, strongly suggests her true motive has been and remains to avoid being held accountable for her crimes," prosecutors wrote in one pre-trial motion.

Maxwell recently asked the Supreme Court to review her case opposed by the Department of Justice.

Her lawyers argued she should never have been charged, citing a 2008 plea deal struck between Epstein and federal prosecutors.

This comes as Trump's Justice Department has come under fire for its handling of the Epstein files, with the public demanding answers about the disgraced financier's child sex trafficking ring.

Maxwell's lawyer, David Oscar Markus, told reporters outside the courthouse at time time of the interviews: "Ghislaine answered every single question asked of her over the last day and a half, she answered those questions honestly, truthfully, to the best of her ability."

“She never invoked a privilege. She never refused to answer a question So we’re very proud of her.”

The US government claimed in July no Epstein "client list" exists and reiterated the FBI's findings that the convicted sex offender took his own life in jail.

The comments sparked uproar amongst Trump's own supporters, who are demanding justice for Epstein’s victims and punishment for his enablers.