Overview

• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will continue his second day of in-person questioning of Ghislaine Maxwell at a federal office in Tallahassee.
• Maxwell’s lawyer described Thursday’s closed-door meeting as very productive but declined to share details.
• The Justice Department has not released any findings from the interviews, saying it needs to conduct further internal review.
• Earlier this month the department reversed course on a memo and concluded there was no evidence of an Epstein client list or blackmail scheme.
• A podcast recorded in 2023 surfaced this week, featuring Blanche laughing as he recounted a chance 2019 prison encounter with Jeffrey Epstein, Paul Manafort, and El Chapo.