Jeffrey Epstein‘s associate Ghislaine Maxwell will meet with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche ‘in coming days.’
It comes as the public remains ardent in its demand that President Donald Trump‘s Justice Department do more to get to the bottom of the Epstein files.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday morning the impending meeting between her deputy and the only person currently behind bars for Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring.
‘President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence,’ Blanche said in a statement posted to X by Bondi. ‘If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say.’
Maxwell, 63, is in the midst of serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in Epstein’s crimes.
Her attorney David Oscar Markus told CNN the team is in discussions to have Maxwell tell her side of the story.
‘I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully,’ Markus said. ‘We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case.’
Just last week, the DOJ opposed Maxwell’s request to have the Supreme Court review her case, with her lawyers claiming she should have never been charged because of a 2008 plea deal the courts struck with Epstein.
Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, will meet with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche ‘in the coming days,’ the Justice Department announced Tuesday, July 22. Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in the child sex trafficking crimes
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell conspired in creating a years-long child sex trafficking ring on his private island
Trump tried desperately to get his base to abandon criticism of Bondi and the FBI after a memo earlier this month concluded the review found no foul play in Epstein’s death.
MAGA supporters were particularly enraged that no new material was produced in the Epstein files review and that Trump’s DOJ found no existence of a so-called ‘client list’ of high profile co-conspirators.
The president even started calling the whole ordeal the ‘Epstein hoax’ and claimed Democrats were to blame for stoking conspiracies in an effort to divide Republicans.
When that didn’t work, Trump directed Bondi last week to request the Southern District of New York to unseal grand jury testimony in the Epstein court case.
And now, Blanche will meet with Maxwell to ask her: ‘What do you know?’
‘I’ve contacted her counsel,’ Blanche said. ‘I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits.’
Still, Blanche insists that the July 6 joint memo from the DOJ and FBI regarding the Epstein files review ‘remains accurate.’
He says that the department’s recent review did not uncover any new evidence that could bring charges against others potentially involved in the crimes.
Attorney General Pam Bondi (center) posted to X on Tuesday morning Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s (right) statement on his intent to meet with Maxwell to ask: ‘What do you know?’
Donald Trump associated with Epstein in the 1980s and 1990s. His name appears on the flight logs for Epstein’s private plane, dubbed the Lolita Express
It’s not clear if Maxwell will want to speak with Blanche, but he has asked her lawyers to inquire about her willingness to do so.
However, a source who spoke with the Daily Mail said that Maxwell would be ‘more than happy’ to testify before Congress and tell them her side of the story.
‘No-one from the government has ever asked her to share what she knows,’ the source said. ‘She remains the only person to be jailed in connection to Epstein and she would welcome the chance to tell the American public the truth.’
Blanche’s statement on Tuesday morning acknowledges that no administration or DOJ has ever asked Maxwell to speak with them about the Epstein case.
‘That changes now,’ he insisted.
