Maxwell admits Epstein made secret videos of both Trump and Clinton

BRITISH socialite Ghislaine Maxwell admitted that the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had secret recordings of Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, a CBS News producer has claimed in a book.

Maxwell, who has been charged with procuring girls for the millionaire paedophile to abuse in the mid-Nineties, was apparently duped by the journalist Ira Rosen into confirming that Epstein had taped his famous friends.

Rumours had circulated for years that Epstein had installed recording devices in his homes and had potentially incriminating tapes of his powerful associates — but this had never been verified. Rosen said he spoke to Maxwell before the 2016 presidential election — and, acting on a “hunch” that recordings existed, duped her into apparently confirming his theory.

In his memoir, Rosen writes that he told Maxwell: “I want the tapes. I know Epstein was videotaping everyone.”

He claims Maxwell “gave me a stern look and pointed a finger in my face”.

“She said: ‘I am the daughter of a press baron. I know the way you people think. If you do one side, you must do the other. If you get the tapes on Trump you have to do Clinton.’” Mr Rosen says he replied: “I will. I will go wherever the story goes.”

Last year Trump said he had met Maxwell “numerous times”, but was “not a fan” of Epstein, with whom he had a falling out about 15 years ago.

A spokesman for Bill Clinton has previously said his friendship with Epstein ended before the financier’s conviction for soliciting a minor for sex in 2008.

Rosen believes Maxwell’s comments confirmed reports that Epstein had secretly recorded the friends he hosted at his properties. No tapes have ever been produced.

Maxwell (59), the daughter of media tycoon Robert Maxwell, is in a Manhattan jail before a trial in July. She denies any wrongdoing.

Her lawyers have repeatedly complained about her treatment, and last week accused prison guards of physically abusing her. They said had withered “to a shell of her former self ”.

Her lawyers alleged: “Out of view of the security camera, Ms Maxwell was placed in her isolation cell and physically abused during a pat down search. Ms Maxwell recoiled in pain and when she said she would report the mistreatment, she was threatened with disciplinary action.”

The Federal Bureau of Prisons did not respond to the latest claims.