The US Department of Justice have said they plan to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell in the coming days after it was revealed she could testify before Congress on Epstein’s apparent full client list.
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has faced backlash after the DOJ and FBI released a memo stating that no incriminating Epstein client list was found during an extensive review.
Today, Attorney General Pam Bondi shared a statement from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche reading: ‘This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead.’
Referencing the Epstein files, he added: ‘President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence. If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say.
‘Therefore, at the direction of Attorney General Bondi, I have communicated with counsel for Ms. Maxwell to determine whether she would be willing to speak with prosecutors from the Department.
‘I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the coming days. Until now, no administration on behalf of the Department had inquired about her willingness to meet with the government. That changes now.’
The elephant in the room of the recent Epstein files chaos is Maxwell – Epstein’s ‘right hand woman’ for years of the sex trafficking.
She’s currently serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking, but has been brought up again as Republicans search for answers about the lack of transparency with the files.
This week, her family came forward and claimed she didn’t receive a fair trial due to the public’s appetite for justice after Epstein died.
There have even been suggestions that she could be free if her plea to challenge her imprisonment is granted, under an agreement that Epstein made with the Department of Justice in 2007.
The agreement stated the DOJ wouldn’t prosecute his co-conspirators after he ‘paid fines, paid victims millions of dollars and served 13 months in prison.’
But the deal only applied in Florida, not New York, where Maxwell was and was put on trial.
Some have even expressed worries that Maxwell could end up dead like Epstein in a suicide. Conspiracy theorists still believe Epstein did not die from suicide, but was killed.
Maxwell’s former cellmate Jessica Watkins came forward and wrote on X this week: ‘Just putting this out there: I know Ghislaine Maxwell personally when I was in prison with her. She isn’t suicidal in the least.
‘There are also virtually no working cameras in FCI Tallahassee. Just getting ahead of potential narratives.’
Watkins, who was pardoned by Trump, said there were ‘maybe ten’ working cameras at the prison when she lived there in an open dorm with Maxwell. She added that if Maxwell were to disappear, ‘it would not be by her own hand’.
But conspiracies and speculation continue to swirl, with recent claims from Elon Musk that explosive files are still under wraps but ‘the truth will come out’ only fuelling theories.
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