Attorney General Pam Bondi has released a statement from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announcing he anticipates meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell.

The latest effort by Trump subordinates is intended to quell a political crisis precipitated by the department’s announcement that it would not release more files related to the Epstein investigation.

The Department of Justice said it plans to reach out to Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid recent calls for Jeffrey Epstein’s associate to testify about the accused sex trafficker.

During a press conference with the Philippine president, President Trump said during that he "doesn't know" about Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's plans to meet with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell but that but that it was "appropriate.

Maxwell, 63, was convicted in 2021 for recruiting and grooming underage girls for billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019. She has served three