Overview

• The Department of Justice has formally contacted Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys and expects to interview her soon for information on any associates who committed crimes against Epstein’s victims.
• A House Oversight subcommittee voted to subpoena Maxwell for an August 11 deposition at the federal prison in Tallahassee to probe her role in Epstein’s network.
• Speaker Mike Johnson abruptly ended the House session to block floor votes on motions that would compel the release of detailed grand jury transcripts and related case files.
• Federal judges in New York and Florida have set deadlines requiring the DOJ to justify its requests to unseal long-secret grand jury materials tied to Epstein and Maxwell cases.
• The Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump’s name appears multiple times in Justice Department files, a claim the White House has publicly challenged.