A legal expert said on Wednesday that the latest batch of documents from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is "explosive" and seems to implicate President Donald Trump's deputy attorney general in a massive "cover-up."
On Wednesday, emails were released that directly contradict statements Epstein's associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, made to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in a taped interview designed to exonerate Trump. The emails show Trump had knowledge of Epstein's activities, and directly contradicted Maxwell's claim that she never saw Trump at Epstein's house.
Ryan Goodman, a law professor and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, discussed the documents on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront."
"These areexplosive," Goodman said.
He also argued that Blanche had to know about the emails and was working to cover them up when he interviewed Maxwell. Goodman noted that Blanche never pushed back on Maxwell's assertion that she never saw Trump at Epstein's house.
"So he would go in there knowingthat this would come out; hewould have this in his mind," Goodman said. "Andthen to not press back on her tosay, 'What do you mean you neversaw him at the house?' You havean email exchange referring tohim spending hours at the housewith one of the victims. That,to me, smacks of a bit of acover-up on the part of the Deputy Attorney General of the United States."
"I don't have abetter explanation for it," he added. "I'dlike a better explanation forit, but what he's doing in thatinterview is extraordinary. Nowthat we know what's actuallypart of the record."