MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday revealed what he described because the “sickest” a part of Ghislaine Maxwell’s current jail interview, and famous that it wasn’t shared in the transcript launched final month by President Donald Trump’s Division of Justice.
“The most perverse thing that you could possibly have done in that room was to fill that room with laughter, which Ghislaine Maxwell did repeatedly,” O’Donnell mentioned on “The Last Word,” citing publicly out there audio recordings of her controversial sit-down in July.
The convicted intercourse trafficker and former confederate of Jeffrey Epstein is at the moment angling for a presidential pardon. She sang Trump’s praises throughout two days of questioning by deputy Lawyer Common Todd Blanche and was subsequently transferred to a extra snug jail.
“The worst thing about it is the laughter,” O’Donnell mentioned concerning the interview periods. “That’s the part that the news reports haven’t told you about. There was a lot of laughter. They all laughed. And no one laughed more than Ghislaine Maxwell.”
O’Donnell added, “In nine hours of what turned out to be casual conversation spread over a Thursday and a Friday in Florida, the single sickest reaction you could have in that discussion of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex crimes was laughter. And they all did it.”
Maxwell is on the coronary heart of this ongoing scandal plaguing the Trump administration, as Epstein died behind bars whereas awaiting trial on federal intercourse trafficking prices in 2019, and his recognized ties to highly effective folks fueled public demand for a rumored “consumer checklist.”
Lawyer Common Pam Bondi vowed full transparency in February, just for Trump to name the case a “hoax” perpetuated by Democrats. 1000’s of courtroom filings associated to Epstein have been lastly launched on Tuesday, however they largely contained data that was already publicly recognized.
O’Donnell’s monologue centered squarely on Maxwell’s “friendly discussion” with Blanche. He argued the ensuing transcript is “not real,” because it omitted mentions of laughter, and since “we have no idea” what was mentioned earlier than and after the recording.
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“Ghislaine Maxwell laughed the most, joined by her three criminal defense lawyers,” he mentioned. “And their laughter was joined by the four people from the Trump Justice Department sitting in that room with a convicted sex trafficker, and indicted perjurer.”
O’Donnell continued, “And they laughed the day away with her two days in a row.”
He additional famous that Blanche sounded keen within the recordings for Maxwell to call as many distinguished names as she may. The pundit argued that Trump’s identify could be diluted by this “sea” of different well-known figures — a few of whom by no means even met Epstein.
O’Donnell beforehand argued that Maxwell can’t be trusted to inform the reality and wouldn’t presumably incriminate the one one who may pardon her. He additionally made a chilling prediction concerning the case in August.
Watch the O’Donnell’s full monologue under:
