Overview
- President Trump told reporters that Epstein repeatedly hired away Mar-a-Lago spa staff, identifying Virginia Giuffre among those he “stole,” and defended banning the financier from his resort decades ago.
- Giuffre’s family issued a statement demanding answers about what Trump knew regarding her recruitment and the president’s ties to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has conducted two interviews with Maxwell under court orders and filed motions to unseal grand jury testimonies from the Florida and New York investigations.
- Congressional leaders have subpoenaed Maxwell for an August 11 deposition but declined her request for immunity, setting up a standoff over her potential testimony.
- A July 7 DOJ memo concluded Epstein left no incriminating client list or evidence of blackmail, yet bipartisan pressure persists for full release of unclassified Epstein files.