‘I’m Just Not Buying This’: CNN Legal Analyst Says Something Is off About Maxwell Prison Interview

Michael Luciano Aug 22nd, 2025, 6:03 pm

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig is majorly skeptical of the interview that convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell gave to the Department of Justice.

On Friday, the DOJ released the audio and transcript of an interview with Maxwell conducted in July by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche . That meeting came as President Donald Trump was facing an onslaught of questions about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein , the late child sex trafficker and Maxwell associate. The Trump administration announced it would not release its files relating to Epstein, who officials say died by suicide in a jail cell in 2019.

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