Ghislaine Maxwell Proffer Audio Recordings, DOJ Native WAV Files DOJ-OGR-00022990 Through DOJ-OGR-00022999

UpdatedSeptember 14, 2026

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Snapshot

Field	Details
DOJ production identifiers	DOJ-OGR-00022990 through DOJ-OGR-00022999
Number of production records	10
Substantive interview recordings	5
Test or recording setup files	5
Current DOJ identifiers	EFTA02731881 through EFTA02731890
Recording dates	July 24 and July 25, 2025
Location	Tallahassee, Florida
Interview subject	Ghislaine Maxwell
Principal questioner	Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche
FBI participant	Assistant Special Agent in Charge Spencer Horn of FBI New York
Evidence type	Native WAV audio recordings
Proceeding type	Recorded proffer interviews
Official release date	August 22, 2025
Related criminal case	United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, No. 1:20-cr-00330
Central correction	No evidence located in the recordings, official transcripts, or DOJ index identifies attorney Spencer Maxwell Oster as a participant
Key caution	The recordings establish what Maxwell said during the interviews. They do not establish that her statements were truthful, complete, or independently corroborated

DOJ-OGR-00022990 through DOJ-OGR-00022999 belong to the two day Department of Justice proffer interview of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. The interviews occurred in Tallahassee, Florida, on July 24 and July 25, 2025.

The range contains five substantive interview segments and five short test or setup recordings. The Department of Justice later republished the corresponding audio as EFTA02731881 through EFTA02731890 on its official Maxwell Proffer disclosure page.

An earlier description connected these recordings to New York attorney Spencer Maxwell Oster. That attribution is not supported by the official transcripts, audio introductions, production filenames, or DOJ index. The similarly placed words “Spencer,” “Maxwell,” and “Oster” appear to have produced a mistaken name association.

The Spencer identified in the official transcript is Spencer Horn, an Assistant Special Agent in Charge with FBI New York. Maxwell is the surname of the interview subject. No verified role for Spencer Maxwell Oster appears in this evidence series.

Evidence Appearance

Original identifier	Current DOJ file	Recording classification	Approximate duration	Evidence description
DOJ-OGR-00022990	EFTA02731881.wav	Day 1, Part 7	24 minutes, 46 seconds	Final substantive segment from July 24, 2025
DOJ-OGR-00022991	EFTA02731882.wav	Test recording	Short recording	Recording test or setup file rather than a substantive interview segment
DOJ-OGR-00022992	EFTA02731883.wav	Test recording	Short recording	Recording test or setup file
DOJ-OGR-00022993	EFTA02731884.wav	Test recording	Short recording	Final test file positioned before the second day interview recordings
DOJ-OGR-00022994	EFTA02731885.wav	Day 2, Part 1	71 minutes, 28 seconds	Opening and first major substantive segment from July 25, 2025
DOJ-OGR-00022995	EFTA02731886.wav	Day 2, Part 2	42 minutes, 10 seconds	Extended questioning focused heavily on Epstein’s conduct involving women and girls
DOJ-OGR-00022996	EFTA02731887.wav	Day 2, Part 3	Approximately 49 seconds	Brief continuation or transition segment
DOJ-OGR-00022997	EFTA02731888.wav	Day 2, Part 4	Approximately 16 minutes, 18 seconds	Final substantive segment from July 25, 2025
DOJ-OGR-00022998	EFTA02731889.wav	Day 2 test recording	Approximately 23 seconds	Audio equipment test identified in the native filename
DOJ-OGR-00022999	EFTA02731890.wav	Day 2 test recording	Approximately 24 seconds	Second audio equipment test identified in the native filename

The short test files remain part of the evidence production because they help document the recording process, file sequence, and equipment setup. They should not be presented as five additional substantive interviews.

Identification Correction

The title previously assigned to this evidence set identified “Ghislaine Maxwell and Spencer Maxwell Oster Audio Recordings.” That description is not supported by the primary evidence.

The official July 24 transcript identifies the following principal participants:

Ghislaine Maxwell
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche
Assistant Special Agent in Charge Spencer Horn of FBI New York
Maxwell’s legal counsel
Other government personnel identified in the transcript

The audio introduction states that Spencer Horn was present in his FBI capacity. It does not identify Spencer Maxwell Oster.

Public attorney directories show that a lawyer named Spencer Maxwell Oster exists. However, the existence of a person with that name does not establish participation in these interviews.

The error may have resulted from automated entity extraction combining Spencer Horn’s first name, Ghislaine Maxwell’s surname, and an unrelated occurrence of Oster. It may also have resulted from a mistaken database association.

The corrected identification is:

Ghislaine Maxwell Proffer Audio Recordings With Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Spencer Horn

This correction matters because inaccurate speaker identification can create false associations between an unrelated person and a criminal investigation.

What Was the Maxwell Proffer?

A proffer is a meeting in which a person provides information to prosecutors under written conditions governing how the government may use the statements.

It is sometimes called a “queen for a day” session. However, that informal phrase can be misleading. A proffer agreement does not automatically grant immunity, cooperation status, sentence reduction, clemency, or a pardon.

The official Maxwell Proffer collection includes the audio files, written transcripts, and associated documents.

At the beginning of the July 24 recording, government participants identified the session as a recorded proffer interview. Blanche explained that the government had not entered into a cooperation agreement and had not promised Maxwell a particular benefit in exchange for her answers.

The agreement provided limited protections concerning the direct use of Maxwell’s statements. Those protections contained exceptions. The government could potentially use information obtained from independent sources, pursue investigative leads derived from her statements, or use her statements under circumstances described in the agreement.

The recordings must therefore be interpreted as statements made within a negotiated legal setting by a convicted person with significant personal interests.

Participants

Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 on five federal counts connected to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse and trafficking of minors. She received a 20 year prison sentence in June 2022.

Maxwell entered the 2025 interviews while pursuing appellate relief and while public discussion continued about possible clemency, cooperation, and congressional testimony.

Her legal situation gave her powerful reasons to present herself favorably, minimize her role, shift responsibility, and provide answers that might interest government officials.

That does not mean every statement she made was false. It means her answers require independent corroboration.

Todd Blanche

Todd Blanche conducted much of the questioning. At the time, he served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States.

Blanche had previously represented Donald Trump in criminal proceedings before entering the Department of Justice. That history became especially important because he questioned Maxwell about Trump, Epstein’s birthday book, and Trump’s reported social relationship with Epstein.

The Butterfly Bureau examination of Blanche and the Maxwell interviews documents the unusual political and institutional context surrounding the proffer.

Spencer Horn

Spencer Horn identified himself in the recording as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge with FBI New York.

His participation gave the meeting an FBI investigative component. His presence should not be confused with Spencer Maxwell Oster.

Maxwell’s Legal Counsel

Maxwell attended with legal representation. Her attorneys could advise her about the proffer agreement, the scope of questioning, and the potential consequences of her answers.

The lawyers’ presence does not make Maxwell’s statements independent or neutral evidence. It confirms that she gave them after receiving legal advice.

DOJ-OGR-00022990, Final Segment of Day 1

DOJ-OGR-00022990 is the only substantive July 24 interview segment within this numerical range. Earlier Day 1 segments appear under DOJ-OGR-00022984 through DOJ-OGR-00022989.

The recording begins by identifying itself as a continuation of Maxwell’s recorded proffer. The stated time is approximately 3:10 p.m. on July 24, 2025.

Blanche returns to questions about Epstein’s 2003 birthday book. He asks Maxwell whether she remembers requesting a submission from Donald Trump.

Maxwell says that she does not remember asking Trump to contribute. She also says that both she and Epstein contacted people about contributing material to the book.

These answers establish Maxwell’s account in July 2025. They do not resolve:

Whether Trump submitted material
Who contacted Trump
Whether documentary evidence contradicts Maxwell
Whether Maxwell’s claimed lack of memory was genuine
Whether other witnesses remembered the solicitation
What evidence the DOJ possessed when Blanche asked the questions

The recording is important because it proves that Blanche considered the birthday book issue significant enough to raise directly with Maxwell.

The segment also addresses additional prominent people and events associated with Epstein. Maxwell frequently relies on lack of memory, limited knowledge, or denials of misconduct.

Her answers must be compared with photographs, flight records, calendars, correspondence, testimony, trial evidence, and independent witness accounts.

DOJ-OGR-00022991 Through DOJ-OGR-00022993

These three records are classified as test recordings.

Test files may capture:

Microphone checks
Room sound
Recorder activation
Date or time verification
Equipment placement
Very short exchanges before formal questioning
Confirmation that the recording system was functioning

Their value is mainly technical and chronological. They help demonstrate how the recording sequence was organized between the first and second interview days.

They should not be described as substantive conversations between Maxwell and another named person without direct audible evidence.

DOJ-OGR-00022994, Opening of Day 2

DOJ-OGR-00022994 begins the July 25 session.

Spencer Horn states the date and identifies the meeting as a recorded proffer with Maxwell. The participants discuss the agreement signed on the previous day and ask the relevant parties to initial it again.

This opening helps establish:

The recording date
Continuity between the two sessions
Maxwell’s presence
Government participation
Continued reliance on the same proffer agreement
Awareness that the interview was being recorded

The segment then moves into substantive questioning about Epstein, Maxwell’s relationship with him, their properties, employees, social contacts, travel, and allegations involving women and girls.

Maxwell provides lengthy accounts of Epstein’s behavior and her own claimed knowledge. She repeatedly distinguishes between what she says she personally observed and what she says she learned later.

That distinction is important, but it is not automatically reliable. Investigators must compare her claimed timeline of knowledge with the evidence presented at her trial.

DOJ-OGR-00022995, Questions About Epstein’s Conduct

DOJ-OGR-00022995 contains some of the most important questioning in the second day recordings.

Blanche states that he wants to focus more directly on Epstein’s criminal conduct involving women. Maxwell is asked about massages, young women around Epstein, household activity, recruitment, and what she claims to have observed.

The recording has substantial evidentiary value because it preserves Maxwell’s explanations in her own voice. It allows listeners to hear pauses, qualifications, changes in wording, and claimed memory failures that a written summary may flatten.

However, the audio does not transform Maxwell’s answers into established facts.

Maxwell was convicted after trial evidence showed that she helped facilitate and normalize Epstein’s access to underage girls. Statements minimizing her knowledge must be compared with:

Survivor testimony
Trial exhibits
Employee testimony
Household records
Address books
Travel records
Photographs
Police reports
Prior depositions
Earlier statements by Maxwell
Findings reflected in the jury’s verdict

Independent researchers have also used this segment to compare Maxwell’s 2025 account with documentary evidence concerning Sarah Kellen and other Epstein employees. Those comparisons remain allegations or investigative analysis unless supported by authenticated records.

DOJ-OGR-00022996 and DOJ-OGR-00022997

DOJ-OGR-00022996 is a very short segment lasting less than one minute. Its placement indicates that it forms part of the Day 2 sequence rather than a separate interview.

DOJ-OGR-00022997 is the final substantive segment in the range. It lasts approximately 16 minutes.

The files should be reviewed together because short segments may result from:

A recorder being stopped and restarted
A break in questioning
File size limits
A technical interruption
Separation of recorded sessions during export
Redaction or production processing

A short file does not prove that evidence was deleted. Establishing deletion would require original recorder metadata, a file manifest, recording logs, and technical comparison with the official transcript.

DOJ-OGR-00022998 and DOJ-OGR-00022999

The final two records are short Day 2 test files.

The native filenames identify them as test recordings. Each lasts less than half a minute.

They do not appear to contain a separate substantive proffer. Their main value is documenting the recording environment and production sequence.

DOJ-OGR-00022999 was released with a reported file size of approximately 1.57 megabytes. Its small size is consistent with a brief test recording.

Principal Topics Discussed

Across the complete two day interview, Blanche and other government personnel questioned Maxwell about numerous areas connected to Epstein.

Topics included:

Maxwell’s relationship with Epstein
Epstein’s homes and private island
Household employees
Massages and massage scheduling
Young women and girls around Epstein
Recruitment allegations
Maxwell’s knowledge of Epstein’s sexual conduct
Sarah Kellen and other employees
Prince Andrew
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
Epstein’s birthday book
Travel and social events
Epstein’s finances and relationships
Maxwell’s criminal case
Her claimed lack of knowledge about certain conduct
Her view of Epstein’s death
Possible additional participants or witnesses

A person’s appearance in the questions or answers does not establish criminal conduct. Some names arose because of social contact, travel, public reporting, employment, or questions about what Maxwell claimed to remember.

Maxwell’s Statements About Donald Trump

Maxwell described Epstein and Trump as socially friendly during an earlier period. She denied seeing Trump engage in inappropriate conduct.

She also said she did not remember asking Trump to contribute to Epstein’s birthday book.

These statements received extensive public attention because Blanche had previously served as Trump’s criminal defense attorney.

The recordings prove that Maxwell made the statements. They do not independently prove that Trump had no knowledge of Epstein’s conduct or that every interaction between Trump and Epstein was innocent.

They also do not prove misconduct by Trump.

Any conclusion must rest on the full documentary record, witness testimony, photographs, calendars, flight evidence, contemporaneous reporting, and authenticated communications rather than Maxwell’s 2025 account alone.

Maxwell’s Statements About Other Prominent People

The interviews include questions about Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and other prominent people who appeared within Epstein’s social network.

Maxwell’s answers vary. She offers recollections, denials, qualifications, and claimed memory gaps.

A mention in these recordings proves only that the person was discussed. It does not establish that the person committed a crime.

At the same time, Maxwell’s favorable description of someone does not clear that person of every allegation. She was not acting as an independent investigator or neutral witness.

Relationship to the Written Transcripts

The DOJ released written transcripts for both interview days.

Researchers should compare the WAV recordings with:

The July 24, 2025 official transcript
The July 25, 2025 official transcript
The signed proffer agreement
Native WAV files
DOJ production marker pages
Independent transcript indexes
Maxwell’s earlier sworn testimony
The Maxwell trial record

A transcript helps readers locate statements. The audio preserves tone, hesitation, interruptions, and uncertainty.

Neither format should be used alone when precise wording matters.

Native File and Identifier History

The recordings have appeared under more than one identifier system.

The original House production used DOJ-OGR numbers. Production marker pages stated that the associated documents had been produced in native format.

The current DOJ Maxwell Proffer page uses EFTA identifiers for the WAV files.

Earlier production range	Current DOJ range
DOJ-OGR-00022984 through DOJ-OGR-00022999	EFTA02731875 through EFTA02731890
DOJ-OGR-00022990 through DOJ-OGR-00022999	EFTA02731881 through EFTA02731890

This identifier change does not mean that the recordings are new interviews. It reflects republication and reindexing within the later DOJ library.

Researchers should preserve both identifiers so that citations remain traceable across the House production, DOJ library, Epstein Data, and independent archives.

Release and Political Context

The interviews occurred on July 24 and July 25, 2025. The DOJ released the transcripts and recordings on August 22, 2025.

The release followed intense public pressure concerning the government’s handling of the Epstein files.

Maxwell was transferred from a low security federal prison in Tallahassee to a minimum security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, on August 1, 2025. The transfer occurred shortly after the interviews.

The Bureau of Prisons confirmed the transfer but did not publicly provide a specific explanation at the time. The timing prompted congressional questions and criticism from survivors and their representatives.

Timing alone does not prove that the transfer was a reward for Maxwell’s statements. Establishing such an arrangement would require communications, placement records, instructions, or testimony connecting the interview to the transfer decision.

The unresolved timing makes complete disclosure of communications between the DOJ, Bureau of Prisons, White House, and Maxwell’s legal team especially important.

Evidentiary Significance

The recordings provide direct evidence of what Maxwell told senior DOJ and FBI officials in July 2025.

They establish:

Maxwell participated in a recorded two day proffer
Todd Blanche personally questioned her
Spencer Horn participated for FBI New York
Maxwell was represented by counsel
The participants acknowledged a written proffer agreement
Blanche questioned Maxwell about Epstein’s criminal conduct
Blanche asked about prominent people connected to Epstein
Blanche questioned Maxwell about Trump and the birthday book
Maxwell offered denials, explanations, and claimed memory gaps
The government preserved the sessions in multiple WAV files

The recordings do not establish:

That Maxwell told the complete truth
That her answers were independently corroborated
That everyone mentioned engaged in wrongdoing
That the interview produced a cooperation agreement
That Maxwell received a promised benefit
That her prison transfer was a reward
That every recording segment is complete
That the released WAV files are the first generation originals
That Spencer Maxwell Oster participated

Reliability Assessment

Evidence issue	Assessment	Explanation
Identity of Ghislaine Maxwell	High confidence	She is introduced and participates throughout the substantive recordings
Identity of Todd Blanche	High confidence	He identifies himself and conducts extensive questioning
Identity of Spencer Horn	High confidence	He identifies himself as an FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Participation of Spencer Maxwell Oster	Unsupported	No official transcript, audio introduction, or DOJ index identifies him
Interview dates	High confidence	Dates are stated on the recordings and transcripts
Interview location	High confidence	Filenames and public reporting identify Tallahassee
Status as a proffer	High confidence	Participants expressly describe the sessions as recorded proffer interviews
Accuracy of official transcript	Generally high, but audio comparison remains necessary	Transcripts may still contain errors or redacted passages
Accuracy of automated transcripts	Moderate to low without human review	Speech recognition can misidentify names and overlapping dialogue
Truthfulness of Maxwell’s statements	Unverified without corroboration	Maxwell had substantial personal and legal interests
Completeness of the public recordings	Not fully established	A technical manifest and original recorder records have not been located
Connection between the interview and prison transfer	Unproven	The timing is documented, but causation has not been established

Fact Check

Claim	Finding
The range contains ten production identifiers	Confirmed
All ten files are substantive interviews	False. Five are substantive segments and five are test or setup recordings
The recordings involve Ghislaine Maxwell	Confirmed
Todd Blanche conducted extensive questioning	Confirmed
An FBI official named Spencer participated	Confirmed. The official was Spencer Horn
Spencer Maxwell Oster participated	Not supported by the primary evidence
The interviews occurred over two days	Confirmed
DOJ released the recordings in August 2025	Confirmed
Maxwell received full immunity	False. The proffer provided limited use protections with exceptions
Maxwell received a cooperation agreement	Not established
Maxwell was promised a pardon	Not established
Maxwell was transferred after the interviews	Confirmed
The interviews prove that Maxwell’s answers were truthful	False
A person mentioned in the recordings is implicated in criminal conduct	False without additional evidence
The current EFTA files represent separate interviews	False. They are republished versions of the proffer audio
Short test files prove evidence was deleted	False

Questions Still Unanswered

How did Spencer Maxwell Oster become associated with the earlier article title?
Did automated entity extraction create the mistaken attribution?
Did the DOJ prepare a complete technical manifest for all 16 proffer WAV files?
Are cryptographic hashes available for the original and republished copies?
Were any recording segments edited before public release?
Are the current EFTA WAV files identical to the earlier DOJ-OGR files?
Why were five test recordings retained in the public production?
Who authorized Blanche to conduct the interview personally?
What investigative objectives did the DOJ establish before the meeting?
Which Maxwell statements did agents attempt to corroborate?
Did the interview generate new investigative leads?
Did the DOJ reopen any investigation because of her answers?
What communications occurred between Maxwell’s attorneys and the DOJ before the proffer?
Were sentence reduction, clemency, prison placement, or transfer discussed?
Who authorized Maxwell’s subsequent prison transfer?
Did the White House receive briefings about the interview?
Did Blanche discuss the interview with Donald Trump or White House officials?
Why did questioning rely heavily on Maxwell’s recollection rather than confronting her with more documentary evidence?
Did investigators compare her answers with survivor testimony and trial exhibits?
Will the DOJ release interview preparation notes, follow up reports, and corroboration memoranda?

Related EpsteinWiki Evidence

This evidence series should be reviewed with the broader Maxwell Proffer collection, United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, the Maxwell Appeal Proceedings, and the Epstein Audio Evidence Index.

The audio should also be compared with the Maxwell trial exhibits, survivor testimony, Maxwell’s earlier depositions, Epstein’s birthday book, household records, photographs, flight records, and correspondence involving people discussed during the interviews.

Sources

PostedDecember 15, 2025