Trump’s DOJ meets with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell
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Representative Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat, Tuesday on X: "DOJ plans to interview Ghislaine Maxwell. But why now? Ghislaine is looking for a pardon, and who would be better to give it to her than a co-conspirator now in the Oval Office. Any testimony she provides must be accompanied by the release of the files to corroborate it."
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, after answering questions for six hours on Thursday, will have a second meeting with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
President Donald Trump said Friday he hasn’t thought about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Attorney David Markus arrives for the second day of interviews between his client, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding Jeffrey Epstein's case in Tallahassee, Florida on Friday,
President Trump's Deputy Attorney General is meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell for the second time today. NBC News' Ryan Reilly reports the latest. New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker and former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg join Ana Cabrera to weigh in on what could come out of these meetings.
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Although the meeting with the Department of Justice isn't occurring there, eyes are turning to the state capital's federal women's prison that houses Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and herself a convicted sex trafficker.
Even as an uproar over files relating to Jeffrey Epstein engulfs President Donald Trump and Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court is due to wade into the controversy and decide whether to hear a bid by an associate of the late financier and convicted sex offender to overturn her criminal conviction.
Chuck Schumer blasted Donald Trump for sending his “personal lawyer” to interview Ghislaine Maxwell in prison in what he described as a clear “conflict of interest.” “Sending Donald Trump’s personal lawyer,