DOJ Scrambling, Maxwell Cooperating
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche — President Trump’s second-in-command at the DOJ — has now spent two days questioning Maxwell. Her lawyer, David Oscar Markus, confirmed she answered questions about over 100 individuals allegedly tied to Epstein.
“She didn’t hold back,” Markus told reporters. “No evasions, no refusals, no privilege claims. She was direct, honest, and ready.”
And she’s been ready, apparently, for years.
As one of the few journalists to have maintained close communication with Maxwell and her legal team since her conviction — including conducting taped, prison-approved interviews for The Mail on Sunday — I can confirm that Maxwell has long expressed a willingness to speak. Two of those interviews have never been aired. But what’s most striking isn’t what she hides — it’s what she doesn’t. She’s smart, unflinching, and speaks plainly.
Why the federal government waited until now — years into her sentence — to engage her in a proper interrogation remains a mystery.
One insider close to Trump confided that the White House is deliberately keeping its distance from what they’ve called “Florida theatrics,” suggesting the president is “leaving it to DOJ so they can hang themselves.”
The Stakes: Power, Secrets, and the Specter of Epstein
Ghislaine Maxwell is no ordinary inmate. She was the silent architect behind Epstein’s grotesque empire — recruiting and enabling the sexual abuse of underage girls, often under the noses of the world’s most powerful men. Her testimony could illuminate — or bury — claims of a vast conspiracy involving billionaires, senior politicians, and elite figures who may have participated in or covered up Epstein’s crimes.
With Epstein long dead — found hanged in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019 in what authorities ruled a suicide — Maxwell remains the only person convicted in connection to the abuse. And that makes her valuable.
The Justice Department reportedly wants answers: What did she know? Who else was involved? What was covered up — and by whom?
Trump Entangled Again
Meanwhile, President Trump has once more been dragged into the Epstein vortex. The Wall Street Journal recently published claims that he contributed a sexually suggestive, handwritten message — complete with a crude drawing — to Epstein’s infamous birthday book, a gift compiled by Maxwell herself.
Trump has vehemently denied authoring the message or having any inappropriate ties to Epstein. He is now suing The Wall Street Journal, its journalists, and owner Rupert Murdoch for a staggering $10 billion in a defamation case that will test the boundaries of media protection and presidential immunity.
Still, public pressure is mounting. Americans who’ve long suspected a high-level cover-up are looking to Maxwell as a potential key to the truth. Whether she’s ready to unlock that door — or has already done so behind closed doors — remains to be seen.
But one thing is clear: For a process this hyped and this consequential, the government’s fumbled execution has only added fuel to the fire. And the clock is ticking.