British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell answered ‘every single question’ asked of her by Trump’s Justice Department during a secret meeting Thursday, her attorney said, as the administration is being accused of a Jeffrey Epstein ‘cover-up.’
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche flew down to Florida to meet in person with the convicted child sex trafficking offender as the MAGA base demands answers on her knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.
Maxwell’s attorney David Markus revealed that she answered every question asked of her during the marathon interview that lasted all day.
Maxwell took the ‘full day and asked a lot of questions,’ he said.
‘Miss Maxwell answered every single question. She never stopped. She never invoked a privilege. She never declined to answer. She answered all the questions truthfully, honestly and to the best of her ability.’
Blanche arrived at the federal courthouse around 9:00 a.m., and Maxwell’s attorneys were also seen entering the building in Tallahassee.
Maxwell, 63, is currently serving a 20-year sentence at a low-security prison in Tallahassee and is the only person serving time behind bars for Jeffrey Epstein‘s child sex crimes.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Tuesday that Blanche had requested an interview with Maxwell to ask Epstein’s longtime girlfriend: ‘What do you know?’
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (pictured) flew off to Florida to interview Ghislaine Maxwell in prison on Thursday about what she knows in relation to the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to multiple reports
Blanche, Bondi’s No. 2 at the Justice Department, confirmed Tuesday the sit-down would take place ‘in coming days.’
It comes as Trump’s DOJ remains embroiled in controversy for failing to put out the full Epstein-related files.
MAGA supporters are demanding that Trump do more to get to the bottom of the Epstein files after the president campaigned on making information related to the convicted pedophile public.
Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in the child sex trafficking crimes and is held at the low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida
It’s unclear what Maxwell can reveal that isn’t already public and the closed-door meeting is fueling skepticism over the handling of the Epstein files review.
Maxwell is also on the books to testify before Congress on August 11.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) said the meeting is a way for the administration to ‘secure a cover-up.’
The Connecticut senator said that Blanche is conducting a ‘secret meeting’ in order to strike a ‘secret deal giving her potentially a pardon for providing information favorable to Trump.’
Maxwell has already made clear her intent to get her prison sentence absolved.
Her lawyers asked the Supreme Court to take up her case, arguing the socialite should have never been charged because of a plea deal Epstein struck in 2008.
‘President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence,’ Blanche said in a statement posted to X by Bondi. ‘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.’
Maxwell’s attorney David Oscar Markus told CNN the team is in discussions to have her tell her side of the story.
‘I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully,’ Markus said. ‘We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case.’
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell conspired in creating a years-long child sex trafficking ring on his private island
Just last week, the DOJ opposed Maxwell’s request to have the Supreme Court review her case, with her lawyers claiming she should have never been charged because of a 2008 plea deal the courts struck with Epstein.
Trump tried desperately to get his base to abandon criticism of Bondi and the FBI after a memo earlier this month concluded the review found no foul play in Epstein’s death.
MAGA supporters were particularly enraged that no new material was produced in the Epstein files review and that Trump’s DOJ found no existence of a so-called ‘client list’ of high profile co-conspirators.
The president even started calling the whole ordeal the ‘Epstein hoax’ and claimed Democrats were to blame for stoking conspiracies in an effort to divide Republicans.
When that didn’t work, Trump directed Bondi last week to request the Southern District of New York to unseal grand jury testimony in the Epstein court case.
‘I’ve contacted her counsel,’ Blanche said. ‘I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits.’
Some Trump loyalists still aren’t buying the latest attempt to recover from the failure that this month has caused a rift in MAGA world.
Leading the opposition to Bondi’s investigation has been conservative personality Laura Loomer, who has taken to calling the AG ‘Blondi.’
She said on Tuesday that the action seems like a way to ‘cope’ with the growing uprising within the Republican Party.
‘Why wasn’t this ‘interview’ with Ghislaine Maxwell done on day 1?’ Loomer questioned on X.
‘Shouldn’t they have already done this?’ she continued. ‘Maybe there is a mix up in communication. But I just can’t help but wonder whether or not this has already happened. And if not, why?’
Attorney and political commentator Ron Filipkowski said if Maxwell’s statements implicate Trump, nothing will come out – but that if it exonerates the president, her sentence will be reduced.
‘The truth is in the files, not from Maxwell,’ Filipkowski wrote.
Blanche still insists that the July 6 joint memo from the DOJ and FBI regarding the Epstein files review ‘remains accurate.’
He says that the department’s recent review did not uncover any new evidence that could bring charges against others potentially involved in the crimes.
Blanche’s statement on Tuesday morning acknowledges that no administration or DOJ has ever asked Maxwell to speak with them about the Epstein case.
‘That changes now,’ he insisted.
Attorney General Pam Bondi (left) posted to X on Tuesday morning Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s (right) statement on his intent to meet with Maxwell to ask: ‘What do you know?’
Donald Trump associated with Epstein in the 1980s and 1990s. His name appears on the flight logs for Epstein’s private plane, dubbed the Lolita Express
