The Justice Department on Friday released what it says is the complete transcript and audio recording of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's conversations with Ghislaine Maxwell last month.

Maxwell was the longtime partner of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and was sentenced to a 20-year prison term for helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Blanche met with her at a federal prison in Florida over the course of two days in late July. The transcripts, running more than 300 pages in length, are marked "redacted."

Blanche posted the files on social media and said they were shared "in the interest of transparency."

In a statement, an attorney for Maxwell said she told the truth in the interview and insisted she is a scapegoat.

"Ms. Maxwell answered every question," said

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