Attorney General Pam Bondi's push for Jeffrey Epstein transparency took another significant step Tuesday in her announcement of a sit-down with Epstein's convicted facilitator Ghislaine Maxwell.
"This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead," Bondi wrote in an X post, quoting Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. "The joint statement by the DOJ and FBI of July 6 remains as accurate today as it was when it was written.
"Namely, that in the recent thorough review of the files maintained by the FBI in the Epstein case, no evidence was uncovered that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.
"President [Donald] Trump has told us to release all credible evidence. If Ghislaine Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say.
"Therefore, at the direction of Attorney General Bondi, I have communicated with counsel for Ms. Maxwell to determine whether she would be willing to speak with prosecutors from the Department.
"I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the coming days. Until now, no administration on behalf of the Department had inquired about her willingness to meet with the government. That changes now."
Blanche added his own post that "no one is above the law" and no one "is off-limits."
"Justice demands courage," Blanche wrote Tuesday morning on X. "For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At @AGPamBondi's direction, I've contacted her counsel.
"I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law — and no lead is off-limits."
"I can confirm that we are in discussions with the government and that Ghislaine will always testify truthfully," Maxwell's attorney David Oscar Markus said in a statement to CNN.
"We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case."
The news comes amid the firestorm at the lack of transparency for the Epstein client list that the DOJ says does not exist, outside the unordered names in the grand jury files that are under court seal by order of judges.
Former Epstein attorney Alan Dershowitz had predicted this sit-down in appearances on Newsmax recently, saying if you want full transparency, Maxwell "knows everything."
"Ghislaine Maxwell is basically serving the sentence that Epstein would have gotten," Dershowitz told "Sunday Agenda." "She should never be in jail for 20 years. What should happen is that she should be freed. She should have her sentence commuted. She should then be called in front of Congress, have Congress give her total immunity, and then she can tell everything."
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