Ghislaine Maxwell Likely To Cut a Deal With DOJ Over Information About Jeffrey Epstein: Report

The Department of Justice revealed Tuesday that it reached out to ex-socialite and former associate to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting as backlash from voters and bipartisan lawmakers over the infamous case continues.

And according to the New York Post, she will try to cut a deal with authorities. "That's the way things are done. They make deals with the Mafia, so I'm certain they are going to try to make a deal with her," said Alan Dershowitz, a former Epstein lawyer.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on social media that he had requested the meeting to find more information about possible conspirators who had committed crimes in the sex trafficking ring. Maxwell, Epstein's loyal co-conspirator, often interacted with the powerful men he courted, including President Trump.

"Justice demands courage. 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," Blanche said in a post on X.

He added in a statement posted by Attorney General Pam Bondi on social media that if "Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and DOJ will hear what she has to say," misspelling Maxwell's first time and claiming he was acting on Trump's instruction to release all "credible" evidence. Blanche said he anticipates meeting with Maxwell soon.

Maxwell's attorney told CNN they are "in discussions with the government" on the matter.

"Ghislaine will always testify truthfully. We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case," attorney David Oscar Markus said. Maxwell has also said through her brother she would be willing to testify before a Congressional Committee on her relationship with Epstein. Another expert told the Post that Maxwell could seek to lower her sentence in exchange for information related to Epstein.

Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison after a jury in Manhattan convicted her of sex trafficking and other crimes in 2022. As of now, it remains unclear whether the talks with the Trump administration will lead to a pardon or a reduction in her time behind bars.

As of President Trump, who has been in the eye of the hurricane in recent weeks over his relationship to Epstein himself, he said Tuesday that he was unaware of the Justice Department's plans to reach out to Maxwell but that it "sounds appropriate," while praising Blanche.

"I didn't know that they were going to do it. I don't really follow that too much. It's sort of a witch hunt," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, repeating his efforts to put to rest the Epstein story.

If the meetings are carried out, it could be the first time federal prosecutors hear Maxwell's version of events, as both her defense lawyers and prosecutors said they had not engaged in plea negotiations which would require such an interview before her trial. Her lawyers at the time said she did not need to negotiate before she was innocent.

Democrats criticized Blanche's announcement, with Rep. Dan Goldman of New York accusing the deputy attorney general of "doing an end-run around the SDNY and its institutional policies by acting as a political agent of President Trump."

"As Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche well knows from his lengthy tenure as a prosecutor and supervisor in the Southern District of New York, this is almost certainly not the first time the DOJ has inquired about cooperation from Ghislaine Maxwell, who, as a matter of course, would have been offered the opportunity to reduce her sentence in return for truthful and forthright information about Epstein and all others involved in the scheme," Goldman, who also worked in the Southern District of New York's U.S. attorney's office, said in a statement.