U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that she intends to engage, through an intermediary, with Ghislaine Maxwell — Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate — who is offering to provide new information about their operations in exchange for a reduced sentence.
Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year sentence for aiding Epstein in the sexual abuse of potentially hundreds or thousands of young girls, recently had her latest request for early release denied by the Justice Department. She has served roughly three years since her 2022 conviction.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed he would meet with Maxwell “in the coming days” on Bondi’s behalf to evaluate the credibility of her claims and determine whether she possesses verifiable new evidence about Epstein, who died in federal custody in 2019. The development comes amid renewed controversy over the Trump administration’s recent reversal on releasing additional details related to the Epstein case.
Members of the MAGA movement are pressuring President Donald Trump to take further action to expose others who may have enabled Epstein and to determine whether Epstein kept a so-called “client list” of individuals who also abused underage girls. Earlier this month, the DOJ denied the existence of such a list, directly contradicting previous public remarks by Bondi, who had claimed the list was on her desk and under active review.
Now, officials argue that releasing additional information could endanger victims and wrongly implicate innocent individuals mentioned in unreleased documents—a claim that rings hollow for many of Trump’s supporters.
“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.”
David Oscar Markus, Maxwell’s attorney, said Monday night that his client is prepared to exonerate herself by sharing her side of the story with Blanche in their first face-to-face meeting.
