Federal prosecutors ask to meet Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's request to Maxwell comes after Attorney General Pam Bondi came under fire for not releasing more information about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he planned to meet 'in the coming days' with Ghislaine Maxwell to ask about the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
- Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors.
WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said July 22 that Justice Department prosecutors asked to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein convicted of conspiring to sexually abuse minors.
The announcement comes as Attorney General Pam Bondi has come under fire for not releasing more information about the Epstein investigation after his 2019 death was ruled a suicide. She filed a court request on July 18 to release grand jury evidence in the case.
“If Ghislaine Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Blanche said in his post.
The Epstein case has become a liability for President Donald Trump after he and top administration officials raised expectations of bombshell revelations before declaring the case closed.
Blanche expects to meet with Maxwell “in the coming days.”
Trump, who has discouraged questions about the Epstein investigation, told reporters at the White House that the request to interview Maxwell “sounds appropriate to do.”
David Oscar Markus, an appellate lawyer for Maxwell, confirmed the talks but had no further comment.
“I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully,” Markus said in a social media post. ”We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case.”
Maxwell, 63, was convicted in 2021 and sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison. Records show she's serving her time at a federal facility in Tallahassee, Florida and set to be released in 2037.
The Justice Department released a memo on July 7 confirming Epstein died by suicide in his New York jail cell while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking minors. But the release did little to quiet critics of the investigation, including in Congress, who demand the department release the purported list of his clients.
Bondi has said there is no client list.
Blanche said no previous administration had asked to speak with Maxwell. But he said Trump directed the Justice Department to release all credible evidence from the investigation, so prosecutors will ask if she has anything more to reveal.
"No one is above the law – and no lead is off-limits," Blanche said.