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DOJ to Interview Maxwell as Courts Demand Epstein Transcript Release

Prosecutors face a July 29 court deadline to justify unsealing grand jury records

NEW YORK CITY, NY - MARCH 15: Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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Donald Trump, his then-girlfriend Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000.
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Overview

  • Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the DOJ and FBI have contacted Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team and anticipate a meeting to explore any leads she may hold in the Epstein case
  • A July 7 DOJ-FBI memo found no new evidence or client list in Epstein’s files, intensifying calls for additional disclosures
  • Two federal judges in New York ordered prosecutors to submit detailed arguments by July 29 to unseal grand jury transcripts from the Epstein and Maxwell prosecutions
  • The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Maxwell for an August 11 deposition at her Florida prison as part of its probe into the Justice Department’s handling of sex trafficking cases
  • The White House denied a Wall Street Journal report that President Trump’s name appears in the files, calling the claim fake news