A former staffer for the attorney general predicted that Trump could be pursuing a deal with Epstein’s closest ally.

Representative Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat, Tuesday on X: "DOJ plans to interview Ghislaine Maxwell. But why now? Ghislaine is looking for a pardon, and who would be better to give it to her than a co-conspirator now in the Oval Office. Any testimony she provides must be accompanied by the release of the files to corroborate it."

Attorney David Markus arrives for the second day of interviews between his client, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding Jeffrey Epstein's case in Tallahassee, Florida on Friday,

President Donald Trump fielded several questions including from CNN’s Kevin Liptak about Ghislaine Maxwell, saying that he hasn’t considered giving Maxwell a pardon or commutation, although he didn’t rule it out.

President Trump initially dodged the question about the possibility of granting clemency for convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell after being asked by ABC News.

Although the meeting with the Department of Justice isn't occurring there, eyes are turning to the state capital's federal women's prison that houses Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and herself a convicted sex trafficker.

Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer has spoken out as she heads into a second day of interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Even as an uproar over files relating to Jeffrey Epstein engulfs President Donald Trump and Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court is due to wade into the controversy and decide whether to hear a bid by an associate of the late financier and convicted sex offender to overturn her criminal conviction.