VERDICT ON MAXWELL TAPE

JEFFREY Epstein victims have branded Ghislaine Maxwell's tape on the crook a whitewash.

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She told justice chiefs the pervert had no “client list” and Prince Andrew never met Virginia Giuffre.

But victims said Maxwell was allowed to “spin lies” and the jail tape was nothing more than a cynical bid to get her sentence cut while protecting powerful men.

And they accused the White House of giving the disgraced socialite the chance to airbrush history while their voices are again ignored.

In an interview with deputy US attorney general Todd Blanche, convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell claimed: there was no list of famous names associated with late US paedo-phile Epstein; Donald Trump did nothing untoward; and Prince Andrew did not have sex with Virginia, who claimed the royal slept with her when she was 17. Andrew has repeatedly denied the allegations against him.

It came as publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Virginia's “unsparing” memoir on child trafficking will be published in October so “that the truth is understood”.

After a recording of Maxwell's prison interview was made public last Friday, one Epstein victim said: “This so-called interview is a disgrace. It's not about truth or justice, it's about rewriting history to protect powerful men.

“Listening to the tape, it was obvious her words were carefully chosen to whitewash Donald Trump's friendship with Epstein.