The meeting in Florida, which Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he worked to arrange, is part of an ongoing Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent following fierce backlash from parts of President Donald Trump’s base over an earlier refusal to release additional records in the Epstein investigation.

Trump had directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “any and all pertinent" grand jury documents as pressure continues to mount on the administration over Epstein.

The former girlfriend and co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein met in Tallahassee with one of the highest-ranking U.S. Department of Justice officials on Thursday.

A federal judge in Florida denied a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday at the federal courthouse in Tallahassee, as President Donald Trump deals with a public outcry for the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files.

"She's a very dangerous person, and she threatened my life on many occasions." Jen Psaki spoke with Jeffrey Epstein accuser Maria Farmer and her lawyer, Jennifer Freeman, on "The Briefing with Jen Psaki.

Judge Robin L. Rosenberg said she could not legally grant the Justice Department’s request to release the testimony of witnesses who appeared before the grand jury.

A federal judge in Florida has denied the Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury material stemming from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein in 2005 and 2007.

A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar request for the work of a different grand jury is pending in New York.

The administration has a separate pending effort to release Epstein-related grand jury transcripts in New York.

Florida lawyer Roy Black, widely known for several high-profile cases from Jeffrey Epstein to William Kennedy Smith, has died at age 80.

The Trump administration has been embroiled in a firestorm of backlash related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation this month.