As repression continues against US President Donald Trump over the handling of the files of scandalous financier Jeffrey Epstein, officials from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials are scheduled to interview sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida.
After being found guilty in 2021 of sex trafficking minors on behalf of Epstein, who passed away in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial in his own paedophile trafficking case, Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence.
Multiple US media outlets reported that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal attorney, was scheduled to meet with Maxwell on Thursday at a federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida.
Blanche stated in a social media post on Tuesday that Trump “has told us to release all credible evidence” and that the FBI and the DOJ “will hear what she has to say” if they learn about anyone who has committed crimes against victims.
A message from The Associated Press asking for comment on Thursday was not immediately returned by a DOJ spokesman.
The person who gave The Associated Press the meeting insisted on anonymity when describing the conversation.
The only former Epstein associate to have been found guilty for his activities, which conspiracy theorists claim included the trafficking of young models for VIPs, is Maxwell, the daughter of the late British press baron Robert Maxwell.
Any “new” testimony Maxwell] offers is inherently unreliable, according to Joyce Vance, an ex-federal prosecutor who teaches law at the University of Alabama, unless supported by evidence.
In exchange for favorable testimony, Trump might grant Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon on his final day in office, according to Vance in a post on X. She is aware that he is her only chance of escaping.
‘Client list’
The Trump administration made yet another attempt to quell the Republican president’s own supporters’ concern over what they have long perceived as a cover-up of sex crimes committed by wealthy financier Epstein, who has high-level connections.
A review of Epstein’s case resulted in no new evidence, including no “client list,” according to a memo released on July 7 from the DOJ and the FBI.
However, Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters were outraged by the revelation, which claimed US Attorney General Pam Bondi herself had mentioned a client list earlier this year as “sitting on my desk right now.”
Members of Trump’s base have long supported conspiracies involving ringed sex offenders in the most powerful levels of government, and some have questioned the circumstances surrounding Epstein’s death, speculating that it was an orchestrated cover-up.
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Maxwell for testimony in Congress on Wednesday, noting in a statement that “the facts and circumstances surrounding both your and Mr. Epstein’s cases have received enormous public interest and scrutiny.”
While the DOJ was moving forward with its interview, Republican chair of the committee, US Representative James Comer, argued in his statement that it was necessary for Congress to oversee the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws in particular and particularly its handling of the case involving you and Mr. Epstein.
Democrats have also pushed for the release of the Epstein files, and a panel led by a Republican-led subcommittee on Wednesday demanded that the DOJ release the files.
Source: Aljazeera
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