The United States Department of Justice is preparing to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking minors on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein died awaiting trial in 2019. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will conduct the meeting in Florida, amidst rising pressure on the Trump administration regarding Epstein-related matters. Blanche indicated that Maxwell may provide information on other perpetrators, with calls for her claims to be substantiated by evidence, highlighting the potential for unreliability in her testimony without corroboration.
Maxwell, the daughter of the late British press baron Robert Maxwell, is the only former Epstein associate who was convicted in connection with his activities, which conspiracy theorists allege included trafficking young models for VIPs.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Blanche said that Trump has told us to release all credible evidence and that if Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say.
Joyce Vance, an ex-federal prosecutor who now teaches law at the University of Alabama, said any new testimony [Maxwell] offers is inherently unreliable unless backed by evidence.
Trump could give Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon on his last day in office, in exchange for favourable testimony now, Vance said in a post on X.
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