Donald Trump’s Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche offered Ghislaine Maxwell a limited form of immunity during her two days of questioning over former lover and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell, who is serving 20 years’ prison for her involvement in Epstein’s sordid crimes, was the one to reach out to the Department of Justice to set up the meetings, ABC News reported.
She apparently requested what’s known as ‘proffer immunity’ so that anything she revealed couldn’t be used against her at a later date.
This form of immunity is specifically provided to people under investigation or facing charges to determine the value of a possible witness. Maxwell has already been tried and convicted.
However, Maxwell’s lawyer David Oscar Markus said after her questioning: ‘There have been no asks and no promises.’
Daily Mail has reached out to the Department of Justice for comment.
Many believe Maxwell appears to be angling for a pardon from President Donald Trump after she ‘didn’t hold back’ during secret questioning from the Justice Department.
Maxwell, 63, completed a second day of interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday afternoon.
Donald Trump’s Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche offered Ghislaine Maxwell (pictured right) a limited form of immunity during her two days of questioning over former lover and billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein (pictured left)
Rumors have swirled that Trump (pictured) may offer Maxwell a pardon for her testimony
Markus claimed that his client spoke with Blanche about ‘100 different people’ related to Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring.
‘They asked about every possible thing you could imagine – everything,’ Markus claimed.
He also said Maxwell is being used as the ‘scapegoat’ in the entire Epstein case and has been ‘treated unfairly for the last five years.’
Her attorney said that they had not put in a formal request with the White House for a pardon for Maxwell following the conclusion of Day 2 of questioning.
But Markus didn’t rule out taking that action in the future, saying ‘things are happening so quickly.’
‘The president said earlier he has the power to do so, we hope he exercises that power in the right way,’ he said of a potential commutation.
Trump refused to rule out invoking his presidential pardon powers for Maxwell when asked on Friday morning.
‘I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I haven’t thought about,’ he said.
Maxwell, 63, completed a second day of interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday afternoon
Blanche flew down to Florida on Wednesday as President Donald Trump‘s administration continues to take heat for the alleged ‘cover-up’ of the Epstein files review.
The number two at the Justice Department met at the courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida on Thursday with Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for her crimes.
After their meeting, he announced on X that he would have a second day of meetings with Maxwell and her attorney on Friday.
‘She literally answered every question,’ Markus went on. ‘She was asked maybe about 100 different people, she answered questions about everybody and she didn’t hold anything back.’
Over the course of two days, Maxwell and her attorney have spent more than nine hours answering Blanche’s questions.
It’s not clear when or if the DOJ will release what was learned in the meetings.
Markus said Maxwell is grateful to have had the chance to sit-down with Blanche.
‘This was the first opportunity she’s ever been given to answer questions about what happened,’ Markus said. ‘The truth will come out about what happened with Mr. Epstein and she’s the person whose answering those questions.’
Maxwell is continuing to appeal her sex trafficking conviction.
The latest effort was opposed by the DOJ last week as she sought for the Supreme Court to take up the case, arguing that she shouldn’t have been charged due a 2008 plea deal Epstein struck with the court.
Outside the courthouse in Tallahassee on Friday a plane flew overhead with a banner reading: ‘Trump and Bondi are protecting predators.’
Markus detailed the poor conditions he says his client has experienced over the last five years since Epstein’s death in prison on August 10, 2019.
He said Maxwell was ‘treated like an animal’ in prison and ‘woken up every 15 minutes.’
