David Marx discusses the second day of DOJ asking Ghislaine Maxwell
David Markus, Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer, sheds light on how Maxwell’s discussions with the Department of Justice took place on July 25, 2025.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer said on July 25 that he hopes President Donald Trump is forgiveing former British socialites for sex trafficking crimes convicted in connection with disgraceful financier Jeffrey Epstein.
David Marx spoke to reporters after a second day interview with Associate Attorney General Todd Blanche and his client, near Maxwell serving 20 years in prison for trafficking minors to Epstein for sexual abuse.
When asked to reporters about Trump’s comments about a potential pardon, Marx told reporters, “We haven’t spoken about pardons to the president or anyone yet.”
But Marx said, “The President has the power to do so this morning. I hope he will exercise that power just on the road.”
When asked Friday if Trump was considering a pardon for Maxwell, he said no.
“I’m allowed to do that, but that’s something I didn’t think about,” Trump told reporters. “I certainly can’t speak about pardons right now.”
Maxwell has been Epstein’s girlfriend for many years and has been accused of recruiting minors to have sex. His long relationship with Epstein and his question of role in his efforts to target minor girls of sexual targets raises the question of whether Maxwell knows anyone else who may have been involved in a sex trafficking ring with Epstein.
Epstein awaits his own federal trial on related sex trafficking charges after committing suicide in prison in 2019, and Maxwell has left him as the potential best source of information to uncover secrets about people who may have conspired with him.
Maxwell maintains her innocence and is appealing to her 2021 sex trafficking beliefs.
“DOJ will hear what she has to say.”
A meeting with Maxwell with Blanche, a second Justice Department employee, was open to the public and came in a call from a bipartisan group of lawmakers to release more information the DOJ owns about Epstein’s clients.
Public protests were made by the Justice Department and the FBI earlier this month to encourage them not to release their Epstein-related files, despite their commitments to do so.
Since then, pressure has been undertaken for the administration to rethink it. This includes members of Trump’s own base who were so disappointed by the announcement.
That was especially true after the Wall Street Journal revealed in May that Attorney General Pambondy had notified Trump that his name had appeared on the file “multiple times.” Since then, Trump has denied what Bondi said and sued conservative newspapers.
The fact that Blanche was previously Trump’s personal defense lawyer also strengthens concerns about his Department of Justice’s motivation to talk to Maxwell and his -.
Blanche said she wanted to meet Maxwell and find out what she could say about her deal with Epstein.
In a social media post on July 22, Blanche said, “If Gislaine Maxwell has information about the person who committed the crime against the victim, the FBI and DOJ will hear what she has to say.”
However, D-New York Rep. Dan Goldman suggested that Blanche’s efforts were to “protect Trump by implicitly floating Maxwell’s pardon in return for information that would benefit politically.
Maxwell is also reportedly scheduled to meet on August 11th. with lawmakers after the House Oversight Committee summoned her on July 23rd.
“I’ll give you a list” of others who party with Epstein: Trump
Trump denied any fraud in connection with Epstein, but attended the party with him in the 1990s and flew repeatedly to his private jet. Trump later said he distanced himself from well-connected financiers and banned him from his Mar-a-Lago club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
On July 25, as he was preparing to fly to Scotland, Trump told reporters he should instead focus on other political leaders and hedge fund managers who spent more time with Epstein.
“I’ll give you a list,” Trump said.
Contribution: Aisha Baguch. Bad Janssen, USA Today
