New Ghislaine Maxwell documents allege that Bill Clinton was at Jeffrey Epstein's island.

Ghislaine Maxwell. 

New documents released from a 2015 civil trial involving Ghislaine Maxwell allege that former President Bill Clinton had visited Jeffrey Epstein's island. Fox News. The records come from a 2011 deposition by Virginia Giuffrie, a woman who claims she was trafficked, abused and raped by both Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell when she was underage. In the conversation Giuffrie said that Clinton was there with Epstein, Maxwell an unidentified person named "Emmy" and two "young girls". She also said that Clinton owed Jeffrey Epstein favors. Bill Clinton has denied these claims. Maxwell, in the same deposition claimed that celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz and billionaire Les Wexner had information about Epstein raping underage girls. The documents also show that Maxwell kept in touch with Epstein long after she supposedly broke off her relationship with him, with a new e-mail chain showing she was in contact with him until 2015.

The documents can be found here. Be aware that due to heavy traffic the site might run slowly or not at all. 

My Comment:

There was nothing huge in these documents that I have seen so far. We already knew that Clinton had dealings with Epstein and both Alan Dershowitz and Les Wexner were already big players in this scandal. The new developments are significant but not completely shocking. 

The big news here is, of course, Bill Clinton. If it was true that Clinton as at Epstein's island it's pretty damning. Especially if he was in the company of young girls. Granted, the documents didn't specify if those girls were underage or if Clinton did anything with them, but it still looks extremely bad if a victim of sex trafficking says she spotted you at the island where the trafficking and rape occurred.

Far more damning is the idea that Bill Clinton owed Jeffrey Epstein a favor. Former Presidents shouldn't owe anyone a favor so the idea that Epstein had something on Bill Clinton is a very disturbing one. Especially if you buy the idea that Epstein was a front for an intelligence operation, either domestic or foreign. It means that both President Clinton and Hillary Clinton could have been, and might still be, compromised by a foreign power, or even a domestic one. 

You would think that this would be pretty huge news but other than Fox News I haven't seen much coverage of this. Most of the articles I read for this post didn't mention Bill Clinton at all, even though it's undoubtedly the biggest revelation here. As usual, the national and international press are covering for a prominent Democrat... You would think with Hillary Clinton's political career nothing but a bad memory they would loosen up on the favorable coverage but I guess things never change. 

As for the other revelations, again, they aren't that shocking. Alan Dershowitz doesn't come off that well, but I will say that what Giuffre said is true. As Epstein's lawyer he almost certainly had knowledge of Epstein's crimes as that was his functions. It doesn't mean that he did anything illegal though, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised if he did. 

The communication between Maxwell and Epstein is mildly interesting. It does show that Maxwell was lying about not being in contact with him. And it also shows what her defense strategy was, downplay her relationship with Epstein and act like she had no involvement.

However, these new documents allege that she was very actively involved in the process. She was the one that recruited Giuffre in the first place, she actively abused and molested her and she's the one that trafficked her. I sincerely believe that the book should be thrown at her as I tend to think Giuffre is a credible witness. 

I do hope that she lives long enough to either plead guilty and turn on other people (most notably Prince Andrew who doesn't appear to figure as much in this release) or at the very least is tried and convicted for her crimes. She's just as bad as Epstein in my view and I hope she is punished for her crimes.

That being said, I am also extremely concerned about her safety. Epstein famously committed "suicide" in his cell and I worry a similar fate could befall Maxwell. I do think that this release does make her very slightly safer as the information her enemies don't want to come out is coming out anyways. Regardless, I hope her prison guards are more competent than the ones that guarded Epstein...