Maxwell Admits She Played Key Role In Launch Of Clinton Global Initiative

By Adam Sabes | Fox News

Jeffery Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell said she was “very central” to the “startup” of the Clinton Global Initiative, according to a newly released transcript.

The Department of Justice on Friday released a transcript of its interview with Maxwell that took place on July 24-25. United States Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed Maxwell while she was inside a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, until recently.

During the interview, Maxwell described her involvement with the Clinton Global Initiative, which hosts an annual meeting with “leaders of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations; prominent voices in business, labor, and finance; youth leaders and grassroots activists; heads of state and prominent government officials; global citizens; and more,” according to its website.

“You were part of the ramp up or the startup of the Clinton Global Initiative,” Blanche asked?

“I was,” Maxwell responded. “I would say very central to that, yes.”

Maxwell added that Epstein had been “very enthusiastic” about her involvement in the initiative.

“[Epstein] supported me to help them, but then I think he may have tried to use that to insert himself in some way, that would not have surprised me at all,” Maxwell added of her work with the Clinton Global Initiative. “And I know that he was annoying, in terms that I could catch him on the phone, and he wouldn’t always agree with what I wanted to do. And I was like, ‘It’s not your idea. I don’t really care what you think,’ but that didn’t go over so well.”

Maxwell also said she had gone to Davos with former President Bill Clinton at least one time, adding that he never had gone to Epstein’s private island. Maxwell said she had met former President Bill Clinton at a White House event and later become friendly with him through former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine.

“Once for sure. And I think maybe twice, but I don’t remember,” she said.

During the interview, Maxwell also said former President Bill Clinton was her friend, “not Epstein’s friend.”

Maxwell also revealed she previously met former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a flight.

“I want to say – again, please don’t hold me to it, but I want to say that it was on a flight that came from the island from – not from the island, from the Nantucket or – or Martha’s Vineyard back to New York, is what I think. I might be wrong,” Maxwell said.

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