Justice Department officials, led by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, convened Thursday in Tallahassee, Florida, to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s incarcerated ex-partner. Maxwell, now serving a 20‑year federal sentence, met with Blanche at the U.S. Attorney’s Office inside the federal courthouse. This meeting, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, is part of a broader DOJ effort to demonstrate transparency in the wake of mounting public and political pressure over Epstein-related records.
The meeting comes as Southern House Republicans and Democrats defied party lines, approving a subpoena for the DOJ to release Epstein files, including testimony from key figures like Maxwell. Meanwhile, AG Bondi faces intensifying demands from Democrats, led by Sen. Adam Schiff, to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The catalyst: a Wall Street Journal report revealing that, in May, Bondi informed former President Trump that his name appeared several times in closed Epstein documents, though nothing implicating wrongdoing was found.
The DOJ and FBI maintain that no credible evidence of a so-called “client list” or third-party criminal conspiracy involving Epstein exists. A federal judge also recently denied the administration’s bid to unseal grand jury transcripts from Epstein’s cases, citing strict confidentiality rules.
President Trump and the White House have dismissed ongoing reports as politically motivated “fake news,” emphasizing that merely appearing in Epstein’s records does not equate to guilt ― and noting Trump banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago for “being a creep.
Stay tuned: the fallout from this unfolding saga is just beginning.
