ST.In a bombshell Justice Department interview transcript released amid swirling Epstein scandals, imprisoned Ghislaine Maxwell casually drops a decades-old revelation: she and Jeffrey Epstein once joined Robert
In transcripts released by the U.S. Department of Justice on August 22, 2025, Ghislaine Maxwell—serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking minors in connection with Jeffrey Epstein—casually recounted a decades-old trip she took with Epstein and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. During interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Maxwell volunteered that she, Epstein, and Kennedy went “dinosaur bone hunting” together in the Dakotas around 1993 or 1994.
“Bobby knew Mr. Epstein,” Maxwell stated, explaining, “Because we went on a trip together.” She emphasized that she “never saw anything inappropriate” involving Kennedy, adding that Epstein “kept a lot to himself” regarding his relationships. The revelation aligns with Kennedy’s prior admissions of flying twice on Epstein’s private jet in the 1990s—one to Florida with his then-wife Mary Richardson Kennedy and children, facilitated by Mary’s friendship with Maxwell, and another family fossil-hunting excursion to South Dakota.
At the time, Epstein’s criminal activities were unknown publicly; his first charges came in 2006. Kennedy, now Health and Human Services Secretary, has long maintained the trips were innocent family outings before Epstein’s “nefarious issues” surfaced. Flight logs from Epstein’s “Lolita Express” confirm Kennedy’s presence on multiple flights, though no wrongdoing has been alleged against him.
Maxwell’s comments emerged amid broader discussions of Epstein’s elite connections, including denials of misconduct by figures like Donald Trump and Bill Clinton. Victims’ advocates criticized the interviews as unchallenged, accusing Maxwell of rewriting history while possibly angling for clemency.
The disclosure, buried in hundreds of pages of transcripts, reignites scrutiny of Epstein’s network without introducing new accusations. For Kennedy, it underscores lingering associations from a pre-scandal era, as Epstein’s shadowed circle continues to cast long echoes into 2026’s political landscape.
