Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Justice of the US conducted the second day of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, an imprisoned girlfriend of late sex, Jeffrey Epstein, a case that brought President Donald Trump to political discussion.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer of Trump, did not disclose topics discussed during these rare meetings between a high -ranking official of the milked and convicted crime, AFP reported.
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Maxwell’s lawyer David Markus said on Friday afternoon that she was interviewed “everything” and that “she answered every single question” during a meeting held in a court building in Tallahassee, Florida.
According to ABC News reporting sources, Maxwell was awarded a limited form of immunity in advance.
“Immunity allowed Maxwell to freely answer the representatives of the general prosecutor Todd Blanche, without worrying that her answers could be used later against it,” ABC News said.
What is limited immunity?
Immunity awarded Ghislaine Maxwell allowed her to openly respond to the questions of Deputy Prosecutor Todd Blanch, assurance that her statement would not be used against her, according to the report.
This type of protection, known as the “Proffer’s immunity”, is commonly extended to individuals that prosecutors consider to be potential collaborators in criminal proceedings.
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Maxwell has already been convicted and convicted for girls of minor sex trading.
Before the second round of the AFP interrogation, she announced that Markus said, “Ghislaine has been unjustly for more than five years” and described it as a “scapegoat”.
“Everything he says can be confirmed and she is telling the truth. There has no reason to lie at this point and she will constantly tell the truth,” he added.
Trump says, “He could forgive Maxwell, but …”
Trump acknowledged that Ghislaine Maxwell, a long -time collaborator of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was in exchange for cooperation with ongoing investigation, but said he did not give it serious.
“I am allowed, but it is something I did not think about,” Trump said on Friday at the White House before he went on a trip to Scotland.
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Trump told reporters that he did not believe that it was the right moment to deal with the matter, although he ceased to exclude it completely, Bloomberg reported.
“Many people ask me about grace,” he said. “It is obvious that there is no time to talk about grace.”
Trump is trying to cross the scandal of Epstein, who saw him on a rare uncertain position over the claims that his administration misinterpreted a notorious case.
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On Friday, Trump tried to give distance between himself and Epstein, an dishonored financier who died in prison in 2019, while waiting for court fees for sex trading.
“I have nothing to do with the guy,” said Trump, whose past friendship with Epstein has received great media attention this week, journalists before visiting Scotland.
(With the entry from agencies)
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