Ghislaine Maxwell has added her name to the long list of Epstein Truthers who reject outright the official reports from the first Trump administration which concluded Jeffrey Epstein's death was a suicide by hanging.
“I do not believe he died by suicide, no,” Maxwell told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in a recent interview. (Blanche previously served as Trump's defense lawyer in the Stormy Daniels "hush money" trial in which a jury ruled Trump had committed multiple crimes as he cheated his way to victory in the 2016 election.)
In addition to those who, like Maxwell, dismiss the findings of the first Trump administration's Department of Justice and the New York City Medical Examiner's office, many other prominent figures have expressed extreme skepticism about Epstein's cause of death.
Partial list of Epstein Truthers
- Donald Trump, longtime best friend (2019, and repeatedly until at least 2023)
- J.D. Vance, "Hillbilly Elegy" author (2021)
- Mark Epstein, brother (2019, and continually through 2025)
- Dr. Michael Baden, forensic pathologist hired by Mark Epstein (2019)
- Reid Weingarten, Epstein defense attorney (2019)
- Rudy Giuliani, former NYC mayor, former Trump lawyer, now disbarred (2019)
- Bill de Blasio, NYC mayor at time of Epstein's death (2019)
- Mark Ritland, ex-Navy SEAL who launched Epstein Didn't Kill Himself (2019)
- Amy Robach, ABC News anchor, caught on hot mic (2019)
- Rick Scott, U.S. Senator (2019)
- Paul Gosar, U.S. Representative (2019)
- Brett Tolman, former Utah U.S. attorney, (2019, 2020 and 2023)
- Julie K. Brown, journalist whose work helped re-open the Epstein case (2021)
- Joe Rogan, podcaster (2019, and continually through 2025)
- Tucker Carlson, former Fox News host turned podcaster (2023 and 2025)
- Glenn Beck, conservative commentator (2025)
- Candace Owens, podcaster (2025)
Trump clearly hoped the release of the Maxwell prison interview tapes would help him move beyond the Epstein scandal, but Ghislaine Maxwell's assertion that Epstein didn't kill himself only adds to the widespread belief that Team Trump is — and has always been — conspiring to conceal the truth and deny justice to Epstein's victims.
From the moment Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in July 2019, the Trump administration had one job: Keep him alive. Not simply to face his own punishment, but also to reveal the names of the rich and powerful men who had committed criminal acts at Epstein's homes in NY, Palm Beach, Epstein Island, and elsewhere — and to use the evidence found in Epstein's tapes and photographs to convict the guilty.
After one alleged suicide attempt which Epstein himself denied, he was put on suicide watch and the world was on notice. The official word was that he would not be left alone. The expectation was that his cell would be suicide-proof. Instead, he was left alone. And his cell was filled with materials he could use to hang himself.
Despite all the precautions that should have been taken, on the night when two guards fell asleep simultaneously and Epstein died in his cell, the crime scene was not preserved. Later, no one even tried to explain why, according to the forensic pathologist hired by his brother to do an independent autopsy, Epstein's injuries were inconsistent with suicide.
The fact that the official story was provided by Attorney General Bill Barr, the same man who sanitized the Mueller Report to protect Trump, only added to the appearance of a cover-up. Especially as Barr, who just happened to be the son of the headmaster who had for no apparent reason hired the young Jeffrey Epstein to educate children at the elite Dalton School decades earlier, un-recused himself from the case to swiftly shut down the investigations into Epstein's death and declare it a "suicide." Six years later, the second Trump administration released a doctored video that leaves the public with more questions than answers
Meanwhile, Trump is now giving velvet-glove treatment to Maxwell even as he rules the rest of the country with an iron fist, putting troops on US streets and terrorizing communities with Gestapo-like tactics.
Trump came to power promising to hire only the best people, be tough on crime, and fix everything single-handedly.
In the Epstein case, Trump now has to convince the American public — and the MAGA faithful — something entirely different: That when it came to protecting the world's most notorious prisoner, Trump was totally incompetent and every single person around him, including Bill Barr, was a lackadaisical buffoon.
Either that, or many might conclude that, in his second term, Trump has surrounded himself with corrupt accomplices willing to stake their careers on protecting a man who spent years committing unimaginable crimes against children.
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Further reading:
Did Jeffrey Epstein Really Kill Himself?
The night Jeffrey Epstein died, his guards “fell asleep” and crucial CCTV footage was deemed “unusable.”
Richard Hine
The Epstein Questions that Barr Left Hanging
Bill Barr said Jeffrey Epstein’s death raised “serious questions that must be answered.” Two years later, it’s time to answer them.
Richard Hine
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