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These documents were redacted and include digital audio files from marathon interviews held near the Florida prison where Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking crimes related to Epstein. Bales, who is the second-highest official at the DOJ and President Donald Trump’s former personal defense lawyer, conducted these interviews with Maxwell.
The release of these documents follows weeks of criticism over the administration’s earlier refusal to disclose extensive investigative records connected to the case. Jeffrey Epstein died in a New York prison in 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex trafficking charges, leading to numerous conspiracy theories about other potential connections to his alleged sex ring.
This story is developing and will be updated.
