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Case 1:15-cAQr4sBBland® Gaunt Repartiig &lvidkepWac. Page 4 of 6 Page 217 Page 219 1 please. 1 flying on a helicopter with Ghislaine Maxwell? 2 Q_ (BY MS. MENNINGER) Do you recall seeing a 2 A I believe that it was taken out of 3 press article in which Sharon Churcher reported that 3 context. Ghislaine told me that she flew Bill 4 you were on a helicopter with Bill Clinton and 4 Clinton in. And Ghislaine likes to talk a lot of 5 Ghislaine Maxwell as the pilot? 5 stuff that sounds fantastical. And whether it's true 6 MR. EDWARDS: Again, I'll let you answer 6 or not, that is what I do recall telling Sharon 7 the question once she's looking at the document that 7 Churcher. 8 you're being asked about. 8 Q_ So you told Sharon Churcher that Ghislaine 9 MS. MENNINGER: You're not letting her 9 Maxwell is the one who told you that she flew Bill 10 answer a question about whether she recalls a 10 ~=— Clinton in the helicopter? 11 particular press statement? 11 A __ I told Sharon Churcher that Ghislaine flew 12 MR. EDWARDS: I will let her answer every 12 Bill Clinton onto the island, based upon what 13 question about the press statement as long as she 13 Ghislaine had told me. 14 sees the press statement. I'm okay with that. She 14 Q__Not based upon what Bill Clinton had told 15 can answer all of them. 15 you, correct? 16 MS. MENNINGER: No, there is a rule of 16 A Correct. 17. civil procedure that allows you to direct a witness 17 Q __sDid you ever ask Sharon Churcher to 18 not to answer a question when there's a claim of 18 correct anything that was printed under her name, 19 privilege. 19 concerning your stories to Sharon Churcher? 20 What privilege are you claiming to direct 20 A __ I wasn't given those stories to read 21 her not to answer this question? 21 before they were printed. 22 MR. EDWARDS: I thought that you wanted 22 Q_s After they were printed did you read them? 23 accurate answers from this witness. If the -- 23 A __ I tried to stay away from them. They were 24 MS. MENNINGER: I asked her if she 24 very hard. You have to understand it was a very hard 25 recalled something -- 25 time for me and my husband to have to have this Page 218 Page 220 1 MR. EDWARDS: If the sole purpose is to 1 public -- we didn't think it was going to be this 2 just to harass her -- 2 publicly announced and that big. So we turned off 3 MS. MENNINGER: I asked her if she 3. the news and we stopped reading so many things. 4 recalled something -- 4 Q You didn't read the articles about your 5 MR. EDWARDS: Then that's just not going 5 stories to Sharon Churcher -- 6 to be what's happening today. 6 A __ I've read some articles -- 7 Q. (BY MS. MENNINGER) All right. So you're 7 Q___Let me just finish. You did not read the 8 refusing to answer a question about whether you 8 articles published by Sharon Churcher about your 9 recall a particular press statement -- 9 stories to Sharon Churcher? 10 MR. EDWARDS: She's -- 10 A Ihave read some articles about what 11 Q_ (BY MS. MENNINGER) -- is that true? 11 Sharon Churcher wrote. And a lot of the stuff that 12 MR. EDWARDS: She is not refusing to 12 she writes she takes things from my own mouth and 13 answer any questions. She -- 13 changes them into her own words as journalists do. 14 A _ I'm not refusing to answer. I just want 14 And I never came back to her and told her 15 to see the article you're talking about so I can be 15 to correct anything. What was done was done. There 16 clear in my statement. 16 was nothing else I can do. 17 Q. (BY MS. MENNINGER) Do you recall seeing a |17 Q__ So even if she printed something that were 18 press article written by Sharon Churcher reporting 18 untrue you didn't ask her to correct it, correct? 19 that you flew on a helicopter with Bill Clinton and 19 A There was things that she printed that 20 Ghislaine Maxwell as the pilot? 20 really pissed me off, but there was nothing I could 21 A No, I do not recall reading a press 21 ~~ do about it. It's already out there. 22 article saying that I was on a helicopter with Bill 22 Q_ She printed things that were untrue, 23 Clinton as Ghislaine is the pilot. 23 ~correct? 24 Q___Do you recall telling Sharon Churcher that 24 MR. EDWARDS: Objection to the form. 25 you had conversations with Bill Clinton regarding him |25 —_‘Mischaracterization. VIRGINIA GIUFFRE 5/3/2016 55 (217 - 220)