Top DOJ official to meet today with Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell inside a Florida federal prison

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A senior Justice Department official plans to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and accomplice, on Thursday in Florida, where she is serving time for her role in a scheme to abuse girls, according to a report.

As questions swirled around the handling of the so-called Epstein files, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday he planned to meet with Maxwell in the “coming days.” That meeting is expected to happen Thursday, ABC News reported.

Earlier this week, Maxwell’s attorneys confirmed their client was “in discussions” with the government.

The 63-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in 2021 for her role in a scheme to sexually exploit and abuse multiple girls with Epstein and is serving time at the Florida Correctional Institution-Tallahassee. Her attorneys have taken an appeal of her conviction to the Supreme Court.

The development comes amid an uproar around the Epstein files after the Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump was told in May that his name appeared in the files “multiple times.” The president filed a $10 billion defamation suit against the paper and its owners after it published a report claiming that Trump gave Epstein a bawdy birthday card in 2003; he has vehemently denied the claims.

Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s long-time associate, is expected to meet with a senior DOJ official on Thursday, according to a report (US District Court for the Southern District of New York)

“This is another fake news story, just like the previous story by The Wall Street Journal,” White House communications director Steven Cheung told the paper about the claims Trump was named. However, Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed Trump was told that he is in the files. Being mentioned is not an indication of wrongdoing and officials say hundreds of names appear.

Shortly after Blanche’s announcement Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee approved a subpoena for Maxwell. Speaking to reporters at the White House later that day, Trump said that the subpoena for Maxwell “sounds appropriate.”

Last week, Trump requested Attorney General Pam Bondi release “any and all pertinent” grand jury transcripts related to the Epstein case. Bondi then asked the judges overseeing the cases of Epstein and Maxwell; two judges have so far denied these requests.

Trump’s request came as the White House attempted to quell the noise following the DOJ’s July 6 memo, which stated that no further disclosures were necessary in the Epstein matter.

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