Update On What Ghislaine Maxwell Provided To DOJ

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly provided information on more than 100 people connected to Jeffrey Epstein during closed-door meetings with the Justice Department this week, a move that has fueled speculation she could be seeking clemency from President Donald Trump.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche led the two-day interrogation, which Maxwell’s attorney claims is the first time she has ever been given a real opportunity to speak, The New York Post reported.

David Oscar Markus, Maxwell’s lawyer, told reporters that “every possible thing you could imagine” was asked and answered during the sit-down.

“This was the first opportunity she’s ever been given to answer questions about what happened,” Markus said. “The truth will come out about what happened with Mr. Epstein and she’s the person who’s answering those questions.”

Blanche said earlier this week that “no lead is off-limits,” and Maxwell’s team confirmed she didn’t invoke the Fifth Amendment.

“If she lies, they could charge her with lying,” Markus noted.

A reporter reminded him that she had already been charged with perjury, which Markus acknowledged, though those counts were dropped after her 2021 conviction.

Sources told ABC News that Maxwell was granted proffer immunity during the sessions, meaning what she said cannot be used against her in future criminal proceedings. That kind of deal is typically used when prosecutors are seeking cooperation, the outlet said.

Maxwell, now 63, is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking and conspiracy related to her role in Epstein’s crimes, but she is appealing the verdict, and some legal observers believe she may be trying to cut a deal.

Trump, when asked about the meeting while overseas in Scotland, said he hasn’t been following it and hasn’t thought about the idea of a pardon. “This is no time to be talking about pardons,” Trump told a reporter.

Maxwell reportedly initiated contact with the DOJ, speaking with officials for roughly nine hours over two days.

The DOJ has not commented publicly on what was said, but this marks a dramatic shift in posture after previously stating they had doubts about Maxwell’s honesty.

A new report also details Maxwell’s life behind bars and how she has supposedly reinvented herself while serving a two-decade term for her role in Epstein’s sex crimes.

“I did a double take, because I recognized her face immediately from the news. I was like, ‘Is that who I think it is?’” said Jessica Watkins, a former Oath Keeper who was imprisoned in the same low-security Florida facility as Maxwell.

Watkins was initially sentenced to 8.5 years in jail for her role in the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol building. President Donald Trump commuted her sentence on his first day back in office earlier this year.

“My friend who was with me was like, ‘I don’t know – who is it?’” Watkins said. “I caught her up on the situation. Started asking around and it was definitely her.”

Watkins said that she and Maxwell would talk on a daily basis, frequently while exercising in the open-air jail yard, with Maxwell only bringing up her case occasionally.

“We don’t talk about cases as inmates because people will think you’re a snitch,” Watkins explained. “It’s an unspoken rule among inmates. You don’t ask.”

Watkins reportedly could only remember one time when Maxwell mentioned Epstein.

“She did say that the DOJ had no interest in her until after, her exact words were until after Jeffrey, and then she paused for a second and said ‘died,’” Watkins said. “That was the only time he ever came up.”

Looks like @DailyMail was paying attention to my tweets yesterday. A few minor details are wrong (we lived in an open dorm, so we were never cellmates), but they got it mostly right.https://t.co/ksrfZcvoGO

— J6er: Jessica Watkins (@J6ssicaWatkins) July 15, 2025

DOJ’s Blanche spent nearly two days at a federal courthouse in Tallahassee interviewing Maxwell, who answered questions “about 100 different people,” according to her attorney.

“She never invoked a privilege,” David Oscar Markus told reporters on Thursday. “She never refused to answer a question, so we’re very proud of her.”

On Monday, Maxwell’s legal team filed a brief requesting the United States Supreme Court to hear her appeal of her federal sex trafficking conviction, claiming the government’s “obligation to honor” an arrangement reached by Epstein that should have insulated Maxwell from any criminal prosecution.