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(NewsNation) — The Department of Justice anticipates soon meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice and former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
The DOJ has reached out to Maxwell's counsel about meeting with federal prosecutors because "President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence," Blanche wrote in a statement shared by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
"I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the coming days," he continued. "Until now, no administration on behalf of the Department had inquired about her willingness to meet with the government. That changes now."
Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, confirmed he and his client are “in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully.”
“We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case,” Markus wrote.
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 on sex trafficking charges and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in a New York City jail in 2019, was known for his high-profile social life with associates that included Trump, former President Bill Clinton and others.
Ghislaine Maxwell on her father's yacht, "The Lady Ghislaine." (Photo by Mathieu Polak/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)
This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
A house stands above a boat on Little St. James Island, owned by fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, in St. Thomas on July 10, 2019. (Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
American financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell at a party in honor of David Tang, hosted by Michael and Shakira Caine in London on June 20, 1997. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, announces charges against Ghislaine Maxwell during a July 2, 2020, news conference in New York City. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / GETTY-AFP)
Ghislaine Maxwell, founder of the TerraMar Project, attends a news conference on the Issue of Oceans in Sustainable Development Goals, at United Nations headquarters on June 25, 2013. (United Nations Photo/Rick Bajornas via AP, File)
Epstein files fallout plagues Trump administration
Trump's FBI and DOJ have come under fire following a joint memo released earlier this month that declared Epstein did not have a "client list" and died by suicide in 2019 in a New York City jail.
Trump has grown frustrated with his followers seeking transparency about the case, saying in a lengthy social media post last week that the files were nothing but a "scam."
“Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bulls‑‑‑,’ hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote. “They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years."
In February, the DOJ released some files regarding Epstein to a small group of conservative influencers, as part of Trump's push for declassifying high-profile cases.
The DOJ last week requested the federal court unseal transcripts from the grand jury that investigated Epstein before his 2019 death in a New York City jail.
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