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I'm done reading the summaries and am digging into the actual deposition transcript for myself. LMAO at how her lawyers prepared her for the deposition.
"I don't understand what you mean by female." Sure you don't, Ghislaine.
"I don't understand what you mean by female." Sure you don't, Ghislaine.
I hate the legal strategy of "pretend like you're an idiot." LMAO
"How would I know whether I observed anything?!"
It depends on what your definition of "is" is.
Ms. Maxwell, you have today testified that you don't know what the words "bring" "female" and "recruit" mean, so I think it's not all that clear that you would know what a schoolgirl outfit is. Thank you for making it very clear that you do.
71 pages in and it's pretty much all like this - please define what you mean by this term I understand clearly, as evidenced by my frustration you would think I don't know what a schoolgirl outfit is!
Ghislaine really doesn't like the word recruit
My favorite exchange so far - do you know what a massage is?
Oh man, Ghislaine really screws herself in testimony about Prince Andrew and Virgnia Giuffre (his name is redacted but the index refers to somebody referred to under P and A and the testimony is all about London).
"I can't tell if that's my townhouse....it looks familiar."
"I can't tell if that's my townhouse....it looks familiar."
The flight logs also aren't great for her - she tries to say that "GM" doesn't refer to her and then the prosecuting attorneys get her to admit to being one of the GMs listed on a different flight, meaning she's probably GM on all the logs.
She never flew with Virginia, except..
She never flew with Virginia, except..
How would Ghislaine Maxwell possibly know what Ghislaine Maxwell believes!?
This series of questions is hilarious and you can tell the lawyers are getting heated. I think Maxwell's attorney is wrong in his demeanor and his characterizations about her refusal to answer the question, but I'm obviously biased because Maxwell is a horrible horrible person.
Pages and pages
Q: do you believe Epstein sexually abused minors?
A: I will only testify to what I know and that is that your client is a lying liar
Q: I'm not asking what you know, what do you believe?
A: I won't testify to what I believe
Q: So you're refusing?
A: No.
Q: do you believe Epstein sexually abused minors?
A: I will only testify to what I know and that is that your client is a lying liar
Q: I'm not asking what you know, what do you believe?
A: I won't testify to what I believe
Q: So you're refusing?
A: No.
So Ghislaine admits she and Epstein discussed all the lies Giuffre allegedly told, the biggest allegation being underaged sex with Epstein and others.
Then:
"Why would I ever even ask if he had sex with her?!"
Then:
"Why would I ever even ask if he had sex with her?!"
Ghislaine is maaaaaaad
Okay, so maybe that part about repeatedly traveling on Epstein's plane isn't such an obvious lie. I mean... those records aren't federally mandated so they could be wrong but maybe possibly that 17 year old girl was being flown all around the world for some reason.
What we have here is a prime example of a non-credible witness who repeatedly claimed she didn't recall meeting Ms. Roberts Giuffre at Mar-a-Lago.
"She lied about how we met at Mar-a-Lago! Um, I mean, that is if we really did meet there.... I don't recall"
"She lied about how we met at Mar-a-Lago! Um, I mean, that is if we really did meet there.... I don't recall"
