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Deputy AG Blanche meets with Ghislaine Maxwell
Fox News’ David Spunt provides details on Deputy AG Todd Blanche’s meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell as she serves a 20-year sentence. Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley weighs in.
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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida on Thursday – just one day after a Congressional committee voted to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice to provide additional testimony surrounding his years of sex crimes.
The news comes as Maxwell is reportedly compiling new evidence pertaining to alleged government misconduct stemming from her 2021 trial to hand over to the Department of Justice (DOJ), her brother, Ian Maxwell, confirmed to Fox News Digital.
“Clearly, we must now see how this plays out,” he said.
“She will be putting before that court material new evidence that was not available to the defense at her 2021 trial, which would have had a significant impact on its outcome,” he told The New York Post.
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Ghislaine Maxwell procured underage victims for Jeffrey Epstein, according to authorities. (Patrick McMullan)
She has long been regarded as a key figure in Epstein’s criminal empire, often seen alongside him at social events and handling the logistics of his sexual escapades.
During her 2021 trial, Maxwell did not testify in her own defense and never provided her version of events to federal prosecutors leading up to the proceedings.
The development comes after a Florida judge rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations stemming from Epstein’s proceedings on Wednesday, as a similar request remains pending in New York.
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Ghislaine Maxwell jogs around the track at FCI Tallahassee, Tallahassee, Florida, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)
“I was told by a member of her legal team that she has never been interviewed by the Justice Department,” Jonathan Turley told “America Reports” on Thursday. “And that does raise the question of whether she’s an untapped source of information.”
Turley pointed to the assumption that if Maxwell had information to trade in exchange for leniency in her sentence, she would have likely done it years ago during her trial, calling the interview “significant.”
A federal judge also denied Maxwell’s request to obtain the documents, saying it was a “black-letter law” that defendants are unable to access grand jury information.
On the same day, a House Oversight committee issued a subpoena for Maxwell to testify before the committee next month.
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Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 8, 2024. (Rick Friedman/Corbis)
David Oscar Markus, Maxwell’s attorney, told the BBC that if his client chooses to appear, “she would testify truthfully, as she always has said she would.”
“As for the congressional subpoena, Ms. Maxwell is taking this one step at a time,” Markus said. “She looks forward to her meeting with the Department of Justice, and that discussion will help inform how she proceeds.”
However, House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly expressed his concerns surrounding the legitimacy of Maxwell’s testimony.
“I mean, this is a person who’s been sentenced to many, many years in prison for terrible, unspeakable, conspiratorial acts and acts against innocent young people,” Johnson said, according to the BBC.
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The DOJ declined Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
In 2008, Epstein struck a deal with federal prosecutors in a bid to avoid more severe federal charges by pleading guilty to state charges of procuring a person under 18 for prostitution and solicitation of prostitution. One month after his arrest, he was found dead in his New York City jail cell in what was ultimately ruled a suicide.
Earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi told “America Reports” host John Roberts that she was in possession of Epstein’s “client list.”
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Maxwell is currently serving out her 20-year sentence for propositioning underage girls for Epstein’s sexual assaults at FCI Tallahassee in Florida. She was convicted of five federal charges, including sex trafficking of a minor.
Maxwell is set to testify in front of Congress on Aug. 11.
Maxwell’s attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Peter D’Abrosca and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Julia Bonavita is a U.S. Writer for Fox News Digital and a Fox Flight Team drone pilot. You can follow her at @juliabonavita13 on all platforms and send story tips to [email protected].