May 6, 2026 · 4 hr 52 min · 25 segments
Todd Blanche, who is now the acting attorney general of the United States of America interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell in July 2025. SPONSOR LINK: PlaudAI https://bit.ly/3OAlAO9 10% code code: CARNEY…
Nina BurleighGuest
Scott CarneyHost
Okay, so before we started recording, we met for a few minutes, and I introduced myself, and we've chatted now, and I've told you that we are going to go on the record.
But before we start asking questions, I know that you've been given by your lawyer a copy of what's called a proffer agreement, and I just want to spend two minutes making sure that you understand what governs our conversation today.
The most important part of this agreement is that it isn't a cooperation agreement, meaning that by meeting with us today, we're really ...
I'm not promising to ask Judge Nathan or any of the judges that have been assigned to your case to do anything.
I mean, we're just talking, and that's the most important part of this agreement.
However, also as important is the fact that this agreement, what it does for you is it gives you protection so that this means that the government cannot use what you say today against you with some exceptions, which we'll talk about in a minute.
So that means that the words you say today we cannot use against you in a case in chief if we were ever to going to bring one against you.
So there are, of course, some exceptions to that, and the most meaningful one, which is that if you say something today that is not true, that is a lie, we can bring a prosecution against you for what's called false statements.
And if you lie to someone that's, you know, like me or Special Agent Horn, it's a crime.
But the other exception to this, that doesn't necessarily apply directly to you, but if there is a retrial in your case or if there was a criminal case, a future criminal case against you, and your lawyer or you said something different or took a position that is different than what you say today, we can then cross-examine you or a witness based on what you say today.
So it's a little bit more nuanced, meaning that I can't use what you say against you in our case in chief.
Okay, so before we started recording, we met for a few minutes, and I introduced myself, and we've chatted now, and I've told you that we are going to go on the record.
But before we start asking questions, I know that you've been given by your lawyer a copy of what's called a proffer agreement, and I just want to spend two minutes making sure that you understand what governs our conversation today.
The most important part of this agreement is that it isn't a cooperation agreement, meaning that by meeting with us today, we're really ...
I'm not promising to ask Judge Nathan or any of the judges that have been assigned to your case to do anything.
I mean, we're just talking, and that's the most important part of this agreement.
However, also as important is the fact that this agreement, what it does for you is it gives you protection so that this means that the government cannot use what you say today against you with some exceptions, which we'll talk about in a minute.
So that means that the words you say today we cannot use against you in a case in chief if we were ever to going to bring one against you.
So there are, of course, some exceptions to that, and the most meaningful one, which is that if you say something today that is not true, that is a lie, we can bring a prosecution against you for what's called false statements.
And if you lie to someone that's, you know, like me or Special Agent Horn, it's a crime.
But the other exception to this, that doesn't necessarily apply directly to you, but if there is a retrial in your case or if there was a criminal case, a future criminal case against you, and your lawyer or you said something different or took a position that is different than what you say today, we can then cross-examine you or a witness based on what you say today.
So it's a little bit more nuanced, meaning that I can't use what you say against you in our case in chief.
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