In an effort to reduce her 20-year prison sentence, or escape prison entirely, Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice and groomer Ghislaine Maxwell recently finished a two-day interview with Department of Justice (DOJ) officials as they hope to obtain new information on the ongoing Epstein saga.
Among the names officials wanted to discuss with Maxwell?
None other than President Donald Trump.
According to reports from the outcome of Maxwell’s prison interview, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke with Maxwell for nine hours over two days, where she answered questions in regard to about 100 different people, including Trump.
Her attorney, David Markus, told reporters after the interview that Blanche “asked every possible question” and that Maxwell didn’t ‘hold anything back.”
Markus also said the legal team didn’t ask for anything in return.
According to sources who spoke with ABC News about the interview, Maxwell reportedly told Justice Department officials in recent interviews that she never saw President Trump doing anything concerning.
Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, gave no information that could potentially harm Trump’s reputation, sources told ABC News.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, is now considering publicly releasing the transcripts from the interview, multiple sources familiar with the internal discussions told ABC News.
Maxwell’s willingness to cooperate with DOJ officials comes after reports close to the situation revealed that her life may be in danger.
As previously reported by The Horn News, Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald journalist whose 2018 reporting helped bring Epstein and Maxwell to justice, warned that the 63-year-old British socialite is in imminent danger inside the Federal Correctional Institute in Tallahassee, Florida.
“It is so easy to cover up a crime in jail,” Brown said on the Daily Beast podcast. “The cameras are broken, guards fall asleep — they are, for the most part, very corrupt.”
Brown said Maxwell could be at risk after agreeing to speak to the Department of Justice and cooperate with investigators looking for answers in Epstein’s client list and mysterious death.
“Yes, it’s possible,” he explained. “But she wouldn’t necessarily be safe anywhere.”
Maxwell’s safety concerns have existed since her 2020 arrest. A November 2023 report by the Justice Department’s Inspector General found that the Tallahassee prison where Maxwell is serving her 20-year sentence suffers from significant security problems, including “weaknesses with inmate search procedures and limited security camera coverage.”
Two people were found dead at the facility last year—one federal inmate and another at the adjacent detention center—with no causes of death released to the public.
Maxwell has already faced threats while behind bars. According to reports, two inmates discovered that Maxwell had received extra food from a kitchen worker to maintain her vegan diet. The inmates, known as “Las Cubanas” due to their Cuban heritage, allegedly threatened her unless she gave them her entire $360 monthly commissary allowance.
Meanwhile, Maxwell is fighting her legal battles on multiple fronts. The House Oversight Committee, led by GOP Chairman James Comer, subpoenaed her to testify from prison about Epstein’s crimes and his mysterious client list, with a deposition scheduled for August 11.
Maxwell’s attorneys responded by requesting immunity in exchange for her testimony, saying she “would be willing — and eager — to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress” if immunity were granted. However, an Oversight Committee spokesperson told Fox News that the committee “will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony.”