In newly released DOJ interview transcripts, Ghislaine Maxwell says she believes Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in jail—rejecting the official narrative that Epstein killed himself.

THE DETAILS: Maxwell, now serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, told Trump former personal lawyer and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, “I do not believe he died by suicide.”

She says she doesn’t know who did it, but tried to blame the shitty state of America’s prisons for the murder.

“In prison, where I am, they will kill you… for $25 worth of commissary,” Maxwell told Blanche. “I believe it was an internal situation [in the jail].”

WHY IT MATTERS: The Trump administration’s DOJ went to great lengths to kill off conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death and squash talk of a “client list.”

Now, one of the most central figures in the Epstein saga is directly contradicting their narrative.

Epstein was found dead in a federal jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial. Cameras were mysteriously broken that night. The Trump DOJ claimed there was “no client list,” no blackmail, and no foul play.

ZOOM OUT: Conspiracy theories about Epstein’s death have thrived across the political spectrum—including among Trump’s own MAGA base.

But the Trump DOJ still insisted he died by suicide, even as they buried key files and protected high-profile names.

OH, AND: When asked by Blanche if there were “any international businessmen or politicians” whose close relationship with Epstein had not received sufficient public scrutiny, she replied: “Off the top of my, head, I can think of Ehud Barak,” the former Israeli prime minister.

Barak and Epstein had an incredibly close relationship—with the two meeting at least 30 times between 2013 and 2017.

That relationship had never been fully explained, and some believe it proves Epstein may have been working for Israeli intelligence.

WHAT’S NEXT: Maxwell is apparently pushing Trump for a pardon, and Trump is looking for “proof” his base will believe that he’s not a p*dophile. Good luck.

GO DEEPER: 5 takeaways from Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview about Jeffrey Epstein from The New York Times (unlocked for NOTICE News readers!)

ALSO: Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre's memoir is being published posthumously

National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. under Trump’s “anti-crime” agenda have now been ordered to carry sidearms and even long guns. Despite the militarized show of force and a federal takeover of the city’s police, crime in D.C. is actually down compared to last year, while arrests of immigrants have spiked—laying bare how Trump’s crackdown is about scapegoating the vulnerable rather than making communities safer. Full story from CNN.

Trump is now inventing emergencies to justify deploying troops into more Democratic-run cities, with Chicago now in his crosshairs despite shootings there dropping nearly 40% in the last year. Critics warn this is less about public safety than about imposing military occupation, silencing Black mayors, and distracting from the Epstein files—which he still refuses to release. Full story from The Guardian.

A shocking new report from ABC (the Australian Broadcasting Company) documents in graphic detail what human rights experts have been saying for years: Israel sexually abuses and tortures male Palestinian children. Human rights investigators warn this pattern of humiliation, sexualized violence, and torture is not isolated but part of an intentional campaign to subjugate Palestinians, amounting to crimes against humanity. Full story from ABC.

On Saturday, the Texas state Senate passed a new congressional redistricting plan that will likely give the Republican party five additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

It would be a small but crucial addition to the party’s razor-thin majority of just five seats in the lower chamber.

But it’s not the only move Republicans are making right now to try and rig next year’s midterm elections in their favor.

With Trump’s approval sinking and the party out of step with most Americans on nearly every major issue, Republicans are clinging to power by any means necessary.

And to do that, they’ve launched a four-pronged attack on democracy aimed at keeping themselves in power—no matter what the people actually want.

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Last week we asked, do you think Trump will run for a third term? You guys were split.

Veronica voted yes: “He does as he wants ignoring the constitution and other laws. Stupid Republicans let him do it and lack the audacity to tell the bully NO.”

Adonya voted no: “His dementia will advance too far or he will be dead from poor health ”

Janet voted no: “Can’t hold a cogent thought today, how can he in the future? We would be infinitely better off without him.”

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