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DOJ Taps Maxwell for Epstein Testimony as Congress Demands Disclosure

The administration’s decision to interview Maxwell follows escalating pressure from Republicans alongside bipartisan calls to unseal Epstein-related documents.

Pam Bondi, U.S. Attorney General, during a press conference at Port Everglades on April 09, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (left) and the 2019 mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein (right).
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell stands at the podium to address Judge Alison Nathan during her sentencing in a courtroom sketch in New York City, U.S. June 28, 2022. Maxwell was convicted on December 29, 2021 on five of the six counts she faced for helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Ghislaine Maxwell attends VIP Evening of Conversation for Women's Brain Health Initiative, Moderated by Tina Brown at Spring Studios on October 18, 2016 in New York City.
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein attend a Victoria's Secret Angels event in New York City in 1997

Overview

  • Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche traveled to Tallahassee on Thursday to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is assembling new evidence in hopes of reducing her 20-year sentence.
  • The House Oversight Subcommittee issued a subpoena compelling the Justice Department to provide redacted Epstein case files, including victim names and internal communications.
  • Mark Epstein publicly disputed White House denials that President Trump ever visited his brother’s office, calling the claims “a blatant lie” based on staff testimony.
  • A Wall Street Journal report said Trump was informed in May that his name appeared in hundreds of entries in Epstein-related records, leading him to sue the newspaper for defamation.
  • A federal judge in Florida this week rejected the Justice Department’s request to unseal decades-old grand jury transcripts in the Epstein case.