Ghislaine Maxwell tells DOJ she never saw Trump behave inappropriately

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🗓️ 23 August 2025

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Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend and associate Ghislaine Maxwell absolved President Donald Trump of wrongdoing.

USA TODAY White House Reporter Zac Anderson takes a look at the GOP's preparations for 2026.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from custody.

Lyle Menendez lost his bid for parole, one day after his brother was denied.

USA TODAY Senior Reporter Jessica Guynn discusses how gender pronouns are at the heart of a growing workplace conflict pitting religious beliefs against the rights of trans and nonbinary people.

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0:00.0	Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, August 23, 2025.
0:09.2	This is USA Today is the excerpt.
0:16.0	Today, what we learned from released transcripts of interviews with Gleine Maxwell,
0:19.2	plus a look at the GOP's preparations
0:21.0	ahead of next year's midterms, and Kilmara Brigo Garcia has been released from custody.
0:27.5	The Justice Department yesterday released transcripts of interviews Deputy Attorney General
0:31.8	Todd Blanche conducted last month with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend
0:37.0	and associate
0:37.7	Galane Maxwell when she absolved President Donald Trump of any wrongdoing.
0:42.1	At one point, Maxwell said that the president was never inappropriate with anybody.
0:46.4	Maxwell, who has been tried twice for perjury, was convicted in 2021 of conspiring with
0:50.9	Epstein to sexually abuse minors.
0:53.0	She's appealed her conviction and is angling for a
0:55.0	possible pardoned by Trump, with whom she interacted socially years ago. Trump has said that while
0:59.5	he is allowed to pardon Maxwell, who's serving a 20-year sentence on sexual abuse charges,
1:04.4	no one has asked him about it, and it would be inappropriate to discuss it. The Trump administration
1:08.9	has been heavily criticized in recent weeks over its earlier
1:11.7	refusal to release a massive collection of Epstein-related investigative records held by the Justice
1:16.9	Department and FBI.
1:22.4	How are President Donald Trump and the GOP preparing ahead of 2026 midterms? I spoke with USA Today, White House reporter Zach Anderson for a closer look.
1:31.4	Hi, Zach.
1:32.4	Hello.
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