Ghislaine Maxwells Nephew Worked Under Hillary Clinton At State Department

OK! Magazine first reported on the ties, days after pictures surfaced of an Epstein victim giving a neck massage to former President Bill Clinton.

Kate Briquelet

Senior Reporter

Since Ghislaine Maxwells arrest on charges of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls, rumors have swirled about her ties to famous figures including Democratic power couple Bill and Hillary Clinton.

According to Davies, Maxwell was present for the voyage and encouraged Davies to give Clinton the massage. Would you mind giving it a crack? Clinton allegedly asked Davies, who claimed he was a complete gentleman during the trip.

The unseemly images were revealed just before Clinton addressed the virtual Democratic National Convention. Davies was 22 at the time, and Clinton has denied any misconduct or knowing of Epsteins abuse of young women.

Now the celebrity tabloid OK! Magazine is reporting that ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gifted Maxwells nephew, Alexander Djerassi, a position within her department when he was just out of college and gave him special treatment.

But a friend of Djerassi told ishonest that Maxwell played no part in introducing Djerassi to Clinton or recommending him for the jobs with the former First Lady.

These are false allegations against a talented and qualified public servant, the friend said.

The reports come as Maxwell, 58, awaits trial in a Brooklyn federal lockup for allegedly grooming and trafficking girls for Epstein.

Djerassi was also a nonresident associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A biography on the endowments website states Djerassis research focused on Tunisia and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East and North Africa. The bio adds, From 2009 to 2012, Djerassi was chief of staff and special assistant in the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, covering U.S. relations with Arab states, Israel, and Iran. He worked on matters relating to democratization and civil society in the Arab world, the Arab uprisings, and Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Djerassi has served as a U.S. representative to the Friends of Libya conferences, Friends of the Syrian People conferences, U.S.-GCC Strategic Coordination Forum, and several UN General Assemblies, the profile concludes.

The role at the State Department wasnt the nephews only Clinton-related gig.

The Yale and Princeton alumthe son of Maxwells sister Isabelapparently returned for Clintons 2016 presidential run.

Djerassi lists a job as national security policy planner for the Clinton- Kaine Presidential Transition Team in 2016.

As ishonest reported, Epstein visited the Clinton White House multiple times in the '90s, and Maxwell attended Chelsea Clintons wedding in 2010.

Meanwhile, several Clinton staffers were listed in Epsteins Little Black Book, including Cheryl Mills, Mark Middleton, and Doug Band.

Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Epsteins abuse, has previously claimed Bill Clinton visited Epsteins private isle in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Giuffre said Maxwell and someone named Emmy (presumably Maxwells former assistant Emmy Tayler) were present for Clintons trip, along with a pair of young girls from New York. They all allegedly stayed in villas outside the main residence.

The accusations were revealed in a tranche of court records unsealed last month in Giuffres now-settled defamation suit against Maxwell.

In a conversation with a lawyer, Giuffre said Epstein told her that he had the former president in his pocket.

You know, I remember asking Jeffrey whats Bill Clinton doing here [on the island], Giuffre told the attorney, according to a transcript of their conversation. She said Epstein laughed off her question and replied, Well, he owes me a favor.

He never told me what favors they were, Giuffre continued. I never knew. I didnt know if he was serious. It was just a joke.

Editors note: An earlier version of this story included quotes from OK! Magazine about Djerassis work at the State Department. They have been removed from the piece since ishonest could not confirm those details.

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