Overview

• The Department of Justice has formally requested a meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring.
• Federal prosecutors filed motions in Manhattan and Florida courts to lift secrecy on grand jury transcripts from Epstein’s mid-2000s investigations.
• The U.S. House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena compelling Maxwell’s deposition at the Tallahassee federal prison on August 11.
• U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in Florida rejected a DOJ petition to unseal grand jury records, ruling that no legal exception justified their release.
• The White House denied reports that President Trump’s name appears in Epstein files, with spokesman Steven Cheung labeling the claims “fake news.”