Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly provided information on more than 100 people connected to Jeffrey Epstein during closed-door meetings with the Justice Department this week, a move that has fueled speculation she could be seeking clemency from President Donald Trump.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche led the two-day interrogation, which Maxwell’s attorney claims is the first time she has ever been given a real opportunity to speak, The New York Post reported.
David Oscar Markus, Maxwell’s lawyer, told reporters that “every possible thing you could imagine” was asked and answered during the sit-down.
“This was the first opportunity she’s ever been given to answer questions about what happened,” Markus said. “The truth will come out about what happened with Mr. Epstein and she’s the person who’s answering those questions.”
Blanche said earlier this week that “no lead is off-limits,” and Maxwell’s team confirmed she didn’t invoke the Fifth Amendment.
“If she lies, they could charge her with lying,” Markus noted.
A reporter reminded him that she had already been charged with perjury, which Markus acknowledged, though those counts were dropped after her 2021 conviction.
Sources told ABC News that Maxwell was granted proffer immunity during the sessions, meaning what she said cannot be used against her in future criminal proceedings. That kind of deal is typically used when prosecutors are seeking cooperation, the outlet said.
Maxwell, now 63, is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking and conspiracy related to her role in Epstein’s crimes, but she is appealing the verdict, and some legal observers believe she may be trying to cut a deal.
Her attorney didn’t deny that possibility, calling Trump “the ultimate dealmaker.”
“She’s been treated unfairly for the past five years. She didn’t get a fair trial,” Markus said. “We hope he exercises that power in a right and just way.”
Trump, when asked about the meeting while overseas in Scotland, said he hasn’t been following it and hasn’t thought about the idea of a pardon. “This is no time to be talking about pardons,” Trump told a reporter.
Maxwell reportedly initiated the contact with the DOJ, speaking with officials for roughly nine hours over two days.
The DOJ has not commented publicly on what was said, but this marks a dramatic shift in posture after previously stating they had doubts about Maxwell’s honesty.
In 2022, the Department called her out for a “significant pattern of dishonest conduct” and said she had never accepted responsibility for her crimes.
Years earlier, after Epstein died in federal custody in August 2019, the government reportedly refused to offer Maxwell a plea deal.
Markus claimed Epstein’s legal team had been told that “no potential co-conspirators would be prosecuted” as part of Epstein’s talks with the government.
“I don’t think President Trump knows that the Justice Department took the position that that promise should not be upheld,” Markus said.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has previously hinted at a full release of Epstein-related files, including the long-rumored “client list.”
But on July 6, the DOJ and FBI issued a memo saying they had found “no credible evidence” that Epstein had blackmailed anyone or kept a client list.
“We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” the memo stated.
Despite years of speculation, the government maintains it found no proof Epstein was leveraging sexual abuse to control or manipulate high-profile associates.
Those associates have included figures like Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and Trump, though the president has repeatedly said he’s never been to the infamous Epstein island, where much of the sexual abuse of underage girls was purported to have taken place.
Trump had a falling out with Epstein in 2004 and reportedly banned him from Mar-a-Lago after an incident involving a club member’s underage daughter.
Maxwell is also scheduled to testify before the House Oversight Committee on August 11. Her lawyer says she has not yet decided whether she will plead the Fifth during that hearing.
