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oO TN OA PF WN EF Page 150 TODD BLANCHE: Do you know -- so you don't remember -- you didn't attend President Clinton's daughter's wedding -- GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I did. TODD BLANCHE: -- Chelsea Clinton's. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Right. TODD BLANCHE: But that wasn't with Mr. Epstein? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: No, it was with Ted Waitt, my boyfriend. TODD BLANCHE: Say it again. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: With Ted Waitt, my boyfriend. TODD BLANCHE: Okay. Do you know whether Mr. Epstein was at that wedding? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: He was not. TODD BLANCHE: Okay. And how did you -- did you have a relationship -- well, why did you get invited to that wedding? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Because Ted and Clinton were very close. TODD BLANCHE: And why -- how were you close to them? Like what was the reason you were close to them? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I met President Page 151 Clinton -- well, I first of all, I went to the White House with Epstein once for, I think it was for a historical, like one of those benefits and I met the President then, but like a thousand other people shook his hand. Then after that, I had a very -- a good friend of mine that was the mayor -- known to be the Mayor of Miami Beach, Philip Levine, and Philip and the President were very good friends. And Philip was a very -- and I were very good friends, and so I actually was introduced to the President post his coming out of the White House and became friendly with him, because of Philip Levine. DAVID MARKUS: Because of what? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Philip Levine. TODD BLANCHE: There's some names that have been publicly associated with Mr. Epstein that I just want to ask you if you know about: Piers Morgan? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Is friendly with who? TODD BLANCHE: With Mr. Epstein. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I have no idea. Never. I doubt it. TODD BLANCHE: Yeah. There's no trick question. I'm not trying to -- onda owt WNHE NNNNNFPRPRPRPRPEP RPE EE BwWNHRFOWO MODTA UO BRWNHE Ow onan OB WN TE RoR row Page 152 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Okay. Yeah. TODD BLANCHE: -- I'm not suggesting that I know the answer to it. I'm generally just asking. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Well, I would be astonished. I can't imagine they'd have anything in common either. TODD BLANCHE: How about -- DIEGO PESTANA: Were you friends with Piers Morgan? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I've met him. I've met him. I met him at an event in Manhattan. I can't remember what -- in more recently, so probably in 2012, '13, something in that, and we had a very nice conversation. So I remember -- I remember that. I remember thinking -- I'd never -- I don't remember if I'd ever met him before, but I remember thinking how nice he was and I was surprised. So I liked him. What can I tell you? So that's the only one -- that's the only memory I have of that. I'm not sure if that's correct but that's what I think. TODD BLANCHE: I don't have a correct or incorrect answer. I just want you to tell the truth. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: No, I just don't know. I just want to try and... Page 153 TODD BLANCHE: No, but I don't -- I want you to believe me and -- because I mean this. There is so much information in the public sphere -- GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Oh, I see. Okay. TODD BLANCHE: -- about you and Mr. Epstein and others around, and some of it is definitely true and some of it is definitely false -- GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Okay. All right. I just -- I guess that's -- TODD BLANCHE: -- so when I ask a question GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Okay. TODD BLANCHE: -- if I think that you're not being honest or that you're missing something, I'm not going to -- this isn't got you. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Okay. TODD BLANCHE: I'll say that to you. Did you ever meet JFK, Jr.? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I'm sorry? TODD BLANCHE: Did you ever meet JFK, Jr.? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Yes. TODD BLANCHE: When was that? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I will -- I met him at Andrew Cuomo's wedding? No, Kerry -- Kerry's wedding. Kerry's wedding. Who did Kerry marry? MAGNA® 39 (Pages 150 to 153) LEGAL SERVICES DOJ-OGR- 00022694