Blanche traveled down to Tallahassee, Florida, to meet with Maxwell at a federal courthouse to conduct the interviews. The Justice Department faced backlash for backtracking over the release of the files, as well as claiming there was no Epstein client list and that there would not be any further charges.

The Department of Justice says it wants to release transcripts of grand jury testimony from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal trials. But Maxwell and her legal team, who have been meeting with the Trump administration and are angling for a pardon,

The subpoenas order former President Bill Clinton, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, FBI, DOJ leaders to testify about the convicted sex trafficker.

The House Oversight Committee chair was required to send the subpoenas after a Democratic-led subcommittee vote in July.