Overview

• The Justice Department has conducted back-to-back interviews with Maxwell at the Tallahassee federal courthouse to press for new evidence in the Epstein case.
• The House Oversight Committee has formally subpoenaed Maxwell for an August 11 deposition and approved a motion compelling the DOJ to hand over previously undisclosed Epstein dossiers.
• A Florida federal judge rejected President Trump’s request to declassify grand jury transcripts from the Epstein investigation, maintaining their sealed status.
• Mark Epstein, Jeffrey’s brother, claimed that Jeffrey once said he possessed compromising information on President Trump, raising stakes for Maxwell’s disclosures.
• Republicans are split over the handling of Epstein materials as Trump faces pressure from his base to fulfill earlier promises to release the files.