Washington DC, Aug. 22 -- The Justice Department has released a transcript of the interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Maxwell told a senior administration official that she never witnessed US President Donald Trump engage in any "inappropriate" behaviour during his years-long friendship with Epstein, The New York Times reported.

The transcripts and audio recordings -- spanning two days of discussions in late July between Maxwell and Todd Blanche, a former Trump defence lawyer now serving as the Justice Department's second-in-command -- are likely to prompt as many doubts as clarifications.

"I actually never saw the President in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the Presid...