Justice Department asking to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell

(NewsNation) — The Department of Justice anticipates soon gathering with Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice and erstwhile woman of Jeffrey Epstein, according to Deputy Attorney General Tom Blanche.

"President Trump has told america to merchandise each credible grounds ... Therefore, astatine the absorption of Attorney General Bondi, I person communicated with counsel for Ms. Maxwell to find whether she would beryllium consenting to talk with prosecutors from the Department," Blanche wrote successful a statement shared by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

"I expect gathering with Ms. Maxwell successful the coming days," helium continued. "Until now, nary medication connected behalf of the Department had inquired astir her willingness to conscionable with the government. That changes now."

Maxwell was convicted successful 2021 connected enactment trafficking charges and sentenced to 20 years successful prison. 

The DOJ connected Friday requested that the national tribunal unseal transcripts from the expansive assemblage that investigated Epstein before his 2019 decease successful a New York City jail.

The petition came aft President Donald Trump asked Bondi on Thursday to “produce immoderate and each pertinent Grand Jury testimony, taxable to Court approval."

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