Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi stated Monday that Deputy Legal professional Todd Blanche will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted affiliate of deceased intercourse perpetrator Jeffrey Epstein, someday within the “coming days.”
“President Trump has advised us to liberate all credible proof. If Ghislane Maxwell has details about any person who has dedicated crimes towards sufferers, the FBI and the DOJ will pay attention what she has to mention,” Blanche stated within the observation posted by means of Bondi on X.
Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi and Deputy Legal professional Normal Todd Blanche glance on as President Donald Trump speaks all the way through a information convention within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Area on June 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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Blanche additionally stated that the joint observation from the Justice Division and FBI on July 6 — which mentioned they wouldn’t liberate any further recordsdata on Epstein and that they made up our minds there used to be no Epstein “shopper listing” — “stays as correct nowadays because it used to be when it used to be written.”
“Specifically, that within the contemporary thorough assessment of the recordsdata maintained by means of the FBI within the Epstein case, no proof used to be exposed that would predicate an investigation towards uncharged 3rd events,” Blanche stated.
He added that up “till now, no management on behalf of the Division had inquired about her willingness to fulfill with the federal government.”
The observation comes as a rising refrain of lawmakers have known as for Maxwell to testify about her dating with Epstein, and whilst the dep. is actively opposing Maxwell’s efforts to attraction her conviction for conspiring with and assisting Epstein in his sexual abuse of underage ladies.
Audrey Strauss, appearing U.S. legal professional for the Southern District of New York, issues to a photograph of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, all the way through a information convention in New York on July 2, 2020.
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David Oscar Markus, the appellate recommend for Maxwell, showed to ABC Information that they’re in talks with the federal government.
“I will verify that we’re in discussions with the federal government, and that Ghislaine will at all times testify honestly,” Markus stated. “We’re thankful to President Trump for his dedication to uncovering the reality on this case.”
Maxwell used to be convicted of intercourse trafficking and different fees and sentenced to twenty years in jail in 2022.
Remaining week, President Donald Trump ordered the DOJ to “liberate all Grand Jury testimony with appreciate to Jeffrey Epstein, matter simplest to Court docket Approval,” he stated on social media.
The DOJ asked in its submitting, which used to be signed by means of Bondi and Blanche, for the court docket to “conclude that the Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell circumstances qualify as an issue of public hobby, liberate the related grand jury transcripts, and raise preexisting protecting orders.”
