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Or~ATIN OF WNP DH WAAIHDHO PWN FP Page 178 birthday, say anything you want on a piece of paper. TODD BLANCHE: Yeah. Okay. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I mean, nothing more than that. TODD BLANCHE: Right. I mean, it was an obvious question. But you basically -- his folks were invited to send something to you to celebrate his birthday. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Yes. To say happy birthday with like, have a wonderful day or something else. There was no -- there was no ask, but I wasn't responsible for everybody in that book. And there were people that he would ask himself to contribute. TODD BLANCHE: And do you remember some -- do you remember specific names of individuals who did send letters or who did contribute? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: It's been so long. I want to tell you, but I don't remember. TODD BLANCHE: Do you -- GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I honestly don't remember. TODD BLANCHE: The article talks about several names, but including the folks -- the article, which is on Donald Trump. Do you remember President Trump submitting a letter or a card or a Page 179 note? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I don't. TODD BLANCHE: Do you think the articles -- well, do you remember seeing that book or any portion of the letters in your discovery in New York? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Yes. TODD BLANCHE: Okay. What do you remember seeing? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I remember there was -- there were some portions of that book. But what surprised me -- yeah. What surprised me was how few there were, because I thought if you had those, where are the rest? There was none of Mr. Trump. TODD BLANCHE: In your discovery? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Oh, in my discovery, sorry. President Trump, there was nothing from President Trump. TODD BLANCHE: And do you remember -- but separate and apart from your discovery, do you remember one way or the other whether President Trump submitted a letter for his 50th birthday? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I do not remember. TODD BLANCHE: And the article that references the letter talks about like a -- sounds AAD OPFWNF DH OATH UBF WNY HE NM NM NM ND ! Oe WN FO © Own NDN OP WNYNF DO DAI HD OB WN EF MNNMNDN DW ?t aoe WHER OO Page 180 like either a naked -- a picture of a naked woman or something like that. Do you have any recollection of that? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I do not. But just -- no, I don't. TODD BLANCHE: Do you remember -- so what do you remember seeing from your discovery around the book? Like you said, portions of it or some of the pages. What do you remember. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I remember there were maybe -- so I just want to say about the discovery that I had about -- maybe this is an exaggeration, I'm not sure, but in my mind it’s about close to 5 million page -- 5 million documents. It was a lot. And of that giant document dump that I received, I was only -- maybe as much as 30 to 35 percent, I was never able to access. And this is documented on -- at the court. And so I cannot say that I saw everything, because I didn't. TODD BLANCHE: Yeah. Okay. GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I just want you to know that. And I think that that was by design. TODD BLANCHE: But you -- but you do remember -- Page 181 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I do remember some pages. TODD BLANCHE: -- seeing some pages of the book? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I do, yes. TODD BLANCHE: Okay. Do you remember what pages you saw? Like from -- it was from -- who had written those letters or no? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I really don't remember. I'm sorry. TODD BLANCHE: Okay. It's okay. Did you -- did you and/or -- so the same questions we've asked about some other individuals. Did you have -- did you meet Bill Gates over the years? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Yes. TODD BLANCHE: Because of your relationship with Mr. Epstein or separate? GHISLAINE MAXWELL: That one -- well, I met Mr. Gates -- I went to the TED conference. I gave -- I went to the TED conference and I actually spoke at the TED Conference, not the main stage, the substage. And I also gave several TEDx's. But -- and I met him there, but we were friendly and I actually did meet him, because I knew MAGNA® 46 (Pages 178 to 181) LEGAL SERVICES DOJ-OGR- 00022701