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Summary
This document is a page from the court transcript of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial (Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE), specifically the summation by defense attorney Ms. Menninger. She argues that the government failed to record interviews with accusers, questions the credibility of witnesses who added Maxwell to their stories only after hiring personal injury lawyers, and points out discrepancies between testimony and flight logs regarding travel.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ms. Menninger | Defense Attorney |
Delivering the summation (closing argument) to the jury.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell | Defendant |
Mentioned as being added to accusers' stories later in the process; alleged co-traveler with Epstein.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Associate |
Mentioned in context of travel allegations with Maxwell and underage girls.
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| Accusers/Witnesses | Witnesses |
Unnamed individuals ('dozens') interviewed by the government; credibility questioned by defense.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| The Government |
Prosecution; criticized for not recording interviews.
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| FBI |
Investigative body that conducted interviews with accusers.
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Court reporting service.
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| United States District Court |
Implied by Case number 1:20-cr-00330-PAE (Southern District of NY).
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Timeline (2 events)
Locations (2)
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Jurisdiction of the court case.
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Reference to investigating where a witness lived during the alleged events.
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Relationships (2)
Menninger refers to 'us, the defense' while arguing on behalf of Maxwell.
Accusers
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Client/Attorney
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Personal Injury Lawyer
Menninger suggests accusers added Maxwell to stories after retaining personal injury lawyers.
Key Quotes (4)
"Every last one of the government's interviews with these accusers — and there were dozens you heard — was not recorded."Source
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"Why would you go decades without mentioning Ghislaine Maxwell and suddenly when you have your personal injury lawyer, you add her to the mix."Source
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"We have these flight logs, there's not a single record of you traveling with them when you were 14 or 15 years old."Source
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"You said you were poor, is that true? Or, where are your boots that you said they bought you?"Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 767 Filed 08/10/22 Page 86 of 257 2920
LCKCmax5 Summation - Ms. Menninger
LCKCmax5 Summation - Ms. Menninger
1 maybe you met Ghislaine Maxwell there, too?
2 Every last one of the government's interviews with
3 these accusers — and there were dozens you heard — was not
4 recorded. There is no transcript. There is no record of the
5 exact questions that were asked or who asked what questions or
6 whether the lawyers suggested maybe their clients had something
7 more to add or another person to add, and that was by design so
8 none of us have a transcript of what actually took place in
9 these interviews with the FBI.
10 So it was left to us, the defense, to ask the hard
11 questions of these witnesses when they took the stand. And
12 it's not easy to ask someone, well, that's not exactly what you
13 said before, is it, when you told your story the first time,
14 you didn't mention Ghislaine, and you only added that later.
15 Why would you go decades without mentioning Ghislaine Maxwell
16 and suddenly when you have your personal injury lawyer, you add
17 her to the mix. The government never asked them, wait a
18 second, you said you were traveling with Epstein and Maxwell
19 when you were 14 and 15 years old. We have these flight logs,
20 there's not a single record of you traveling with them when you
21 were 14 or 15 years old. How could that be? Where did you
22 live when this was going on? There is two different addresses
23 and maybe we, the FBI, should go check out the house you were
24 living in. You said you were poor, is that true? Or, where
25 are your boots that you said they bought you? The tough
2 Every last one of the government's interviews with
3 these accusers — and there were dozens you heard — was not
4 recorded. There is no transcript. There is no record of the
5 exact questions that were asked or who asked what questions or
6 whether the lawyers suggested maybe their clients had something
7 more to add or another person to add, and that was by design so
8 none of us have a transcript of what actually took place in
9 these interviews with the FBI.
10 So it was left to us, the defense, to ask the hard
11 questions of these witnesses when they took the stand. And
12 it's not easy to ask someone, well, that's not exactly what you
13 said before, is it, when you told your story the first time,
14 you didn't mention Ghislaine, and you only added that later.
15 Why would you go decades without mentioning Ghislaine Maxwell
16 and suddenly when you have your personal injury lawyer, you add
17 her to the mix. The government never asked them, wait a
18 second, you said you were traveling with Epstein and Maxwell
19 when you were 14 and 15 years old. We have these flight logs,
20 there's not a single record of you traveling with them when you
21 were 14 or 15 years old. How could that be? Where did you
22 live when this was going on? There is two different addresses
23 and maybe we, the FBI, should go check out the house you were
24 living in. You said you were poor, is that true? Or, where
25 are your boots that you said they bought you? The tough
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
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