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BumRushDaShow

(163,466 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:53 AM Sep 17

Blanche breaks silence on meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell: 'Impossible' to say if she was credible

Source: ABC News

September 16, 2025, 11:03 PM


Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that it's an "impossible question" whether Ghislaine Maxwell -- who was convicted of trafficking scores of young girls to Jeffrey Epstein for sexual abuse -- is a "credible" witness in her denials of involvement in Epstein's crimes.

"It's an impossible question to answer," Blanche said in his first on-record statements regarding his two-day July sit-down with Maxwell, after the Justice Department released transcripts from their meeting last month.

"I met with her for two days. To determine whether a witness is credible takes weeks and weeks and weeks," Blanche said on CNN Tuesday night.

Blanche said during his interview that "it's really up to the American people to determine what they believe that her answers were credible or whether they found her not credible."

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/impossible-credible-blanche-breaks-silence-meeting-ghislaine-maxwell/story?id=125647237

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Blanche breaks silence on meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell: 'Impossible' to say if she was credible (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 17 OP
lol. travelingthrulife Sep 17 #1
No, it's your job, Blanche, to determine whether she's credible nuxvomica Sep 17 #2
The American People ninjanurse Sep 17 #3
Spin it todd Clouds Passing Sep 17 #4
yeah Kali Sep 17 #5
"Impossible to say".... sheshe2 Sep 17 #6
So, no she isnt then? GusBob Sep 17 #7
Interesting that Blanche says this on the same day Patel claims that there is no credible evidence Quiet Em Sep 17 #8
Maybe if they hadn't fired the prosecutor who put Maxwell away, he could get some expert analysis! roscoeroscoe Sep 17 #9
Aw, yes, the DOJ and their , "creditable non-credible" republianmushroom Sep 17 #10
Yeah, nobody knows anything anymore Mysterian Sep 17 #11
WTF angrychair Sep 17 #12
What IS your job, dimwit? ificandream Sep 17 #13
It's possible to say she was NOT credible. In fact, it's just about mandatory. viva la Sep 17 #14

ninjanurse

(118 posts)
3. The American People
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:01 AM
Sep 17

Who don’t have all the information, or expertise. But it’s punted to us as he washes his hands of the whole thing.

sheshe2

(94,914 posts)
6. "Impossible to say"....
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:00 AM
Sep 17

Yet you had her transferred to a minimum-security prison. I find it impossible to believe that possible, but there you have it.

Quiet Em

(2,493 posts)
8. Interesting that Blanche says this on the same day Patel claims that there is no credible evidence
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:25 AM
Sep 17

that Epstein trafficked minors to others.

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/kash-patel-hearing-epstein-trafficking

It's as if they are using Blanche's interview with Maxwell, and her lack of credibility, as a way of attempting to diminsh the credibility of the victims' testimonies.

roscoeroscoe

(1,791 posts)
9. Maybe if they hadn't fired the prosecutor who put Maxwell away, he could get some expert analysis!
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:34 AM
Sep 17

What a freaking tool. She contradicted sworn testimony and publicly known facts.

republianmushroom

(22,102 posts)
10. Aw, yes, the DOJ and their , "creditable non-credible"
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:57 AM
Sep 17

witness bull shit.

When they the DOJ wants you to believe them, all their witnesses are credible, when you don't believe the DOJ and do believe the witnesses they become "non-credible".

angrychair

(11,507 posts)
12. WTF
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 11:42 AM
Sep 17
Blanche said during his interview that "it's really up to the American people to determine what they believe that her answers were credible or whether they found her not credible."


No, it's not a question at all. She is a convicted liar and child sex trafficker and pedophile.

No one has to wonder about her. We already know.

ificandream

(11,553 posts)
13. What IS your job, dimwit?
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 11:49 AM
Sep 17

If you can't determine whether she's credible or not, we'll help you. The answer is no.

viva la

(4,414 posts)
14. It's possible to say she was NOT credible. In fact, it's just about mandatory.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 01:54 PM
Sep 17

She was convicted of these crimes.
The survivors' accounts were under oath.
She is in prison for these crimes.

"it's really up to the American people to determine what they believe that her answers were credible or whether they found her not credible."

The American people think she lied all along.

More importantly, the JURY thought she lied.

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