The release of the transcripts and audio recordings of Maxwell's interview comes amid intense public curiosity about Epstein and as Trump tries to tamp down a political crisis stemming from the Justice Department's decision not to release files from its probe of Epstein.

The move comes weeks after the admin was criticized for earlier refusal to release a separate trove of investigative records in Jeffrey Epstein case.

Jeffrey Epstein "ran New Albany" and had Les Wexner as his "closest friend," according to recently released interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell.