In a bombshell revelation from behind prison walls, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell casually drops a decades-old connection during her newly released DOJ interview: she and Jeffrey Epstein joined Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a 1993 fossil-hunting adventure in South Dakota’s badlands—long before Epstein’s dark secrets shattered lives.T

Ghislaine Maxwell’s newly released DOJ transcript reveals she and Jeffrey Epstein joined Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a 1993 fossil-hunting trip in South Dakota, deepening scrutiny of elite ties.

In August 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released a 337-page transcript and audio of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s July interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice serving 20 years for aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking of minors. Amid ongoing pressure for Epstein file transparency, Maxwell volunteered details about Epstein’s early 1990s social connections, including a little-known excursion with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

When asked about politicians Epstein knew, Maxwell stated: “Bobby Kennedy knew him… Because we went on a trip together. We went to dinosaur bone hunting in the Dakotas.” She specified it occurred around 1993 or 1994, insisting she witnessed no inappropriate behavior. This aligns with RFK Jr.’s prior public admissions of flying twice on Epstein’s private jet in the mid-1990s—once to Palm Beach via his then-wife Mary’s friendship with Maxwell, and again for a family fossil-hunting weekend in Rapid City, South Dakota, with several children.

Though predating Epstein’s 2006 criminal charges by over a decade, the revelation resurfaced in January 2026 amid stalled releases of over two million Epstein documents. Only about 125,000 pages have been disclosed despite bipartisan mandates, fueling accusations of protecting elites. RFK Jr., now a prominent figure, has long maintained these were innocent family trips arranged through social ties, before Epstein’s “nefarious issues” emerged.

Maxwell’s comments—part of broader denials of wrongdoing by figures like Trump and Clinton—underscore Epstein’s pre-scandal access to powerful circles: politicians, royalty, financiers. Victims’ advocates argue such associations enabled decades of impunity, while Maxwell reiterated seeing nothing improper.

As scrutiny mounts with partial file dumps revealing photos, logs, and interviews, the 1993 trip exemplifies how casual elite interactions masked darker realities. Survivors, echoing Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, demand full accountability. This transcript glimpse reminds us: Epstein’s web entangled many long before the world knew its horrors.