Blockbuster CNN Report Reveals The Clintons Honored Ghislaine Maxwell at a Gala After She Had Already Been Accused of Sexual Misconduct
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Longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate and convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was honored a prestigious Clinton Global Initative event well after allegations against her of sexual misconduct had already been made public — a bombshell CNN report revealed Sunday.
According to CNN’s KFile, Maxwell was an honored guest at a Clinton luncheon in September 2013 on ocean conservation, — where she was recognized alongside other “Commitment to Action” leaders. (Maxwell was representing a now-defunct non-profit called the TerraMar Project — an ocean conservation group.) Footage reviewed by CNN’s KFile showed Maxwell rising — along with others — to receive applause, at one point in the luncheon.
KFile also reviewed a list which recommended Maxwell to receive complimentary access to the confab. Such a list, according to a source in KFile’s report, indicates that either Bill or Hillary Clinton personally approved the access for Maxwell.
The first allegations that Maxwell had recruited girls for Epstein and even participated in their abuse appeared in American and British media outlets by 2011 — two years before the Clinton event at which Maxwell was feted. The civil claims made by Virginia Roberts Giuffre against Epstein date back even earlier, with Giffure’s lawsuit having been filed in 2009.
Despite Giuffre’s allegation, Maxwell had received little public scrutiny until a February 2011 Daily Mail story on Prince Andrew opened the floodgates. In that story, Giuffre claimed Maxwell had recruited her as a teenager for Epstein. In a follow-up story focused on Maxwell, the Daily Mail went further.
“Damningly, several of the girls alleged that Ghislaine Maxwell had procured them, and one of the girls — who has since settled her civil case out of court with Epstein — even alleged that Ghislaine had taken part in the sexual abuse herself,” according to the Mail’s follow-up.
A Clinton Foundation representative told CNN, “There were more than 600 comps approved at CGI in 2013. The decisions on those comps were made, as they have been historically, at the staff level, which included the office of President Clinton.”
And a spokesperson for former President Bill Clinton told KFile, “This is about someone working on ocean conservation attending a charitable conference 12 years ago, along with thousands of other people, and nothing more. As we have consistently said, the Clintons know nothing about Jeffrey Epstein’s terrible crimes.”
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