Her answer on Epstein’s suicide is likely to spur further questions<br>While the interview didn’t shed much light, in one way it’s likely to fuel more questions.<br><br>On one key point, Maxwell aligned at least in part with those who have lodged conspiracy theories about Epstein, who died by suicide.<br><br>"I do not believe he died by suicide, no," Maxwell said.<br><br>Maxwell was asked to speculate on who might have killed Epstein, and she said she didn’t know.<br><br>Maxwell did break from many of the theories about Epstein’s death, in that she said she didn’t believe he was killed because he was blackmailing people. Instead, <a href="https://skyiwredshjnhjgeleladu7m7mgpuxgsnfxzhncwtvmhr7l5bniutayd-onion.com">skyiwredshjnhjgeleladu7m7mgpuxgsnfxzhncwtvmhr7l5bniutayd onion</a> she suggested it could have been an attack unrelated to that.<br><br>"In prison, where I am, they will kill you or they will pay – somebody can pay a prisoner to kill you for $25 worth of commissary," Maxwell said. "That’s about the going rate for a hit with a lock today."<br><br><br><p>Holli Coulman joins The Lead </p><br>Prison consultant: Maxwell's prison move "unprecedented"<br>4:54<br>Blanche seemed to take care to emphasize that distinction, repeatedly returning to it.<br><br>The administration has said that Epstein did die by suicide, but the information it has offered – including a jailhouse video – has led to questions about how definitive its proof is.<br><br>Maxwell has obvious credibility problems and wouldn’t necessarily have any unique insight into how Epstein died. (She said she never called or visited him in jail.) But a recent poll showed Americans said 60%-12% that the government was "hiding information" about Epstein’s death.<br><br>And now Epstein’s top accomplice apparently told the government it’s wrong, for whatever that’s worth.<br><br>She made a point to flatter Trump<br>One of the big questions in the runup to the interview was whether Maxwell was using it to try and win concessions from the Trump administration – and was tailoring her testimony accordingly.<br><br>Her lawyer, David Markus, spent the weeks prior often saying nice things about Trump and even suggesting a possible pardon or legal intervention in her ongoing appeals.<br><br>Maxwell was also recently moved to a lower-security prison camp that she, as a sex offender, doesn’t appear eligible for without a waiver. The administration still hasn’t explained how that happened, weeks later.<br><br>And Maxwell’s testimony doesn’t exactly refute that she wants something from Trump.<br><br>At one point, she took a brief diversion to offer unsolicited praised of his political success.<br><br>Related article<br>Annie Farmer, an Epstein accuser, appears on CNN on Thursday.<br>Epstein victims are a growing political threat to Trump<br><br>"I just want to say that I find – I – I admire his extraordinary achievement in becoming the president now," Maxwell said. "And I like him, and I’ve always liked him."<br><br>Trump has also said nice things about Maxwell, including bizarrely wishing her well – repeatedly – after she was charged in 2020. He also repeatedly left open the possibility of pardoning her around the time she interviewed with Blanche, who is Trump’s former personal attorney.<br><br>Blanche told Maxwell she had limited immunity for the interview, but he also said, "I’m not promising to do anything" for her.<br><br>Names were named, and Maxwell rebuts Trump<br>When the Justice Department said last month that it wouldn’t release more information, it cited a desire not to impugn people who haven’t been charged with crimes. Trump himself has repeatedly cited a desire to avoid doing that, including as recently as Friday afternoon.<br><br>But notably, the administration now appears to have relaxed that <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/search/standard">standard</a>.<br><br>The transcripts redact only the names of victims and leave in the names of well-known people broached by Maxwell and Blanche.<br><br>That includes not only Trump and former President Bill Clinton, but also Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Harvey Weinstein, a former congressman and plenty of others. Maxwell mentioned some men getting massages but didn’t implicate anyone in wrongdoing.<br><br>She explicitly said she had never observed Trump getting a massage. Of Clinton, she said: "I don’t believe he did." Of Kennedy, she said, "I never saw anything inappropriate with Mr. Kennedy."<img src="https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/class=" style="max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;">
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