Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell told the Department of Justice in newly released interview transcripts that she thinks he was murdered.

Why it matters: Her comments come as conspiracy theories about Epstein's suicide in prison while facing federal sex trafficking charges have circulated for years. But Maxwell doesn't believe it was a "hit" from wealthy or powerful figures to silence him. • President Trump's Justice Department and FBI concluded after an investigation that they have no evidence that Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a "client list" or was murdered. • Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after she was found guilty on multiple counts of conspiring to sex traffic minors.

What she said: "I do not believe he died by suicide, no," Maxwe

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