() “Epstein-gate” is changing by the day.
On Wednesday, the United States House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. On Thursday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche with the Department of Justice interviewed her. Now, her brother is saying records exist that could have changed her guilty verdict.
“She will be putting before that court material new evidence that was not available to the defense at her 2021 trial, which would have had a significant impact on its outcome,” he told The New York Post.
Maxwell is expected to meet with Blanche again.
Ghislaine Maxwell meets with DOJ
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend the 2005 Wall Street Concert Series on March 15, 2005, in New York City. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) -
Tenerife, Mort du magnat et homme politique britannique Robert Maxwell. Ici, sa fille Ghislaine Maxwell sur le yacht de son père “Le Lady Ghislaine”. Elle sera, au début des années 2000, la compagne de l’homme d’affaires Jeffrey Epstein (Photo by Mathieu Polak/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images) -
FILE – Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York, on July 2, 2020. Maxwell faces the likelihood of years in prison when she is sentenced for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. The sentencing hearing, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York will be the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) -
From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
“Today, I met with Ghislaine Maxwell, and I will continue my interview of her tomorrow. The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche with the DOJ wrote on X on Thursday.
The meeting between Maxwell and the feds comes as the Trump administration faces continued backlash and questions over its recent refusal to release more records in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in helping the disgraced financier sexually abuse underage girls. She is appealing her sentence.
Her attorney, David Oscar Markus, was asked Thursday about the possibility of a reduced sentence or a pardon. He said she’s just answering questions for now.
“[Blanche] took a full day and asked a lot of questions,” Markus said. “Miss Maxwell answered every single question. She never stopped. She never invoked a privilege. She never declined to answer. She answered all the questions truthfully, honestly and to the best of her ability,” Markus told reporters outside a federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida, Thursday afternoon.
