Vice President JD Vance will host a meeting Wednesday evening with administration officials to explore the way forward on the Jeffrey Epstein files. The meeting will take place at the vice president’s residence, a source familiar with the administration’s plans told the Daily Mail, but the vice president is not leading the meeting.

The secret Epstein summit will include White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Vice President JD Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, according to a report from CNN citing ‘three sources familiar’ with details of the event. The White House and the vice president’s office did not respond to a Daily Mail request for comment.

Vance is not leading the administration’s response on the Epstein files, CNN reported, even as the vice president has been working behind the scenes to get Bondi and Patel on the same page. A second source close to the FBI told the Daily Mail that Vance likely sees the Epstein files as a possible liability for his all-but-certain run for president in 2028, ‘so trying to distance himself from the mishaps but also be part of the solution’ is important to him.

The group will also weigh details from Blanche’s nine-hour meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell to discuss the case. Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-girlfriend and business associate was convicted of [sexual] trafficking and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022.

During the meeting, Maxwell told Blanche that Trump never did anything harmful in her presence, according to sources speaking to ABC News. Administration officials are weighing whether to release transcripts of the interviews, according to NBC News.

Maxwell was transported from a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida after her meeting with Blanche to a more relaxed security prison in Texas. Maxwell’s attorney said after the meeting that she ‘didn’t hold anything back’ in the interview, and spoke about ‘one hundred’ different people in the case.

President Trump said he was unaware of Maxwell’s transfer but described it as routine. ‘I didn’t know about it at all. I read about it just like you did,’ he told reporters on Tuesday. ‘It’s not a very uncommon thing.’ Trump has not ruled out a pardon for Maxwell.

The family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a survivor of Epstein’s abuse, issued a statement calling for the administration to meet with ‘any survivor of the vicious crimes of convicted perjurer and [sexual] trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein .’ ‘Their voices must be heard, above all. We also call upon the House subcommittee to invite survivors to testify,’ Sky and Amanda Roberts said in a joint statement with Danny and Lanette Wilson. Giuffre died in April 2025, as the cause of death was ruled a suicide.

‘Any information that may be released by the government should take into account the survivors who wish to remain anonymous, for their safety and well-being. They should be consulted first,’ the family members concluded. Democrats were quick to target Vance’s role in the controversy, given that he once was a vocal proponent of releasing all the documents related to the deceased [child predator].

‘The Epstein files coverup is happening before our eyes and the entire Trump White House is complicit, including JD Vance who at one point tried to distance himself from it all ,’ said Tommy Vietor, the former Obama national security official and current podcast host. The Trump administration continues to weigh its response to the controversy that began a month ago after the Department of Justice released a memo that said Epstein did not have a ‘client list’ that could be released and that there was no evidence of foul play in Epstein’s death in prison.

Vance last addressed the administration’s handling of the files, denying that they were ‘shielding’ Epstein and his clients. ‘We’re not shielding anything,’ the vice president told a reporter who asked him about protestors in Ohio. ‘The president has directed the attorney general to release all credible information and frankly to go and find additional credible information related to the Jeffrey Epstein case .’ Vance has defended Bondi for her handling of the case, even as prominent Trump allies have blamed her for the tone-deaf handling of the case.

‘I know, because I talk to her all the time, the attorney general is hard at work on that now,’ Vance said. Vance insisted that Trump had ‘nothing to hide’ in the Epstein files and predicted more details about the Epstein case in the coming days. ‘He’s going to keep on being an advocate for full transparency,’ Vance promised.