Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a Florida prison to a lower-security facility in Texas to continue serving her 20-year sentence for helping the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said on Friday.
Maxwell&#8217;s move from FCI Tallahassee, a low-security prison, to the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, comes a week after she met with Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, who said he wanted to speak with her about anyone else who may have been involved in Epstein&#8217;s crimes.
Maxwell&#8217;s lawyer, David Markus, confirmed she was moved but said he had no other comment. Spokespeople for the Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The BOP classifies prison camps such as Bryan as minimum security institutions, the lowest of five security levels in the federal system. Such facilities have limited or no perimeter fencing. Low-security facilities such as FCI Tallahassee have double-fenced perimeters and higher staff-to-inmate ratios than camps, according to the bureau.
Asked why Maxwell was transferred, BOP spokesperson Donald Murphy said he could not comment on the specifics of any incarcerated individual&#8217;s prison assignment, but that the BOP determines where inmates are sent based on factors including &#8220;the level of security and supervision the inmate requires.&#8221;
Blanche&#8217;s meeting with Maxwell came as President Donald Trump faces pressure from both his base of conservative supporters and congressional Democrats to release more information from the Department of Justice&#8217;s investigations of Maxwell and Epstein.
The Department is seeking court approval to release transcripts of law enforcement officers&#8217; testimony before the grand juries that indicted Maxwell and Epstein. Such transcripts are usually kept secret. Two federal judges in Manhattan are weighing the government&#8217;s requests.
Lawyers for Maxwell, Epstein, and their alleged victims are due to share their positions on the potential unsealing with the judges in filings on Tuesday.
Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. He had pleaded not guilty.
Neither Markus nor Blanche has provided detailed accounts of what they discussed. Markus has said Maxwell would welcome relief from Trump, who has said he had not thought about whether to pardon her.
Maxwell was found guilty in 2021 of recruiting and grooming girls for Epstein to abuse. She had pleaded not guilty and is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her conviction.
(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward in Washington and Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Noeleen Walder, Daniel Wallis, Rod Nickel)

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Popular radio host Charlamagne tha God highlighted the obvious double standard on display in the way media outlets cover President Donald Trump compared to the way they cover almost anyone else — but especially Democrats — using the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein as an example.
During his radio show &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; on Tuesday, he pointed out the fact that former President Bill Clinton had been repeatedly linked to Epstein — but it was any connection to Trump, no matter how nebulous or even benign — that was poked, prodded, and explored ad nauseam by American media outlets.
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CHARLAMAGNE: &#8220;It&#8217;s just funny how the news works. Because Bill Clinton wrote a letter to Jeffrey Epstein as well for his birthday — but nobody&#8217;s talking about that.&#8221;
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&#8220;It&#8217;s just funny how the news works,&#8221; Charlamagne said, referencing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-files-massive-libel-lawsuit-against-wall-street-journal-over-fake-epstein-letter">report</a> — over which President Trump has filed a libel lawsuit — from The Wall Street Journal stating that Trump had written Epstein a letter that was included in a birthday book.
&#8220;Because Bill Clinton wrote a letter to Jeffrey Epstein as well for his birthday — but nobody&#8217;s talking about that,&#8221; Charlamagne added. &#8220;And Jeffrey Epstein had a picture of Bill Clinton in a dress, in high heels, you know, in his New York mansion, but nobody&#8217;s talking about that.&#8221;
&#8220;My thing is this,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t care who&#8217;s on the list, everybody gotta go. Burn it all down. Like — it&#8217;s just simple as that, mutually assured destruction, whoever&#8217;s on that list needs to go, nobody needs to be protecting pedophiles, I don&#8217;t care what party they are.&#8221;
Morgyn Wood, White House correspondent for the Black Information Network, weighed in then, arguing that Trump was only in the spotlight because he happened to be the sitting President of the United States. She failed to mention the fact that when former President Joe Biden was in office, legacy media outlets had showed an aggressive lack of curiosity in his obvious cognitive decline.
&#8220;No, period. And you know, to that point, though, you know Clinton is not the president right now,&#8221; Wood protested. &#8220;You know, if he was, you think that — anyways, yeah. I think he would still be under scrutiny if he was the president right now.&#8221;
&#8220;No, he wouldn&#8217;t — because liberal media wouldn&#8217;t push the issue,&#8221; Charlamagne shot back.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that a high profile alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre, was among the staff members that Epstein poached from his Mar-a-Lago resort.
The president discussed the convicted sex offender, who died in a Manhattan prison from apparent suicide in 2019, as he spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back from Scotland on Tuesday. He shared that he and Epstein, who were formerly friends, fell out over Epstein&#8217;s focus on Trump&#8217;s employees.
“People were taken out of the spa, hired by him. In other words, gone,” Trump told reporters. “When I heard about it, I told him, I said, listen, we don’t want you taking our people, whether it’s spa or not spa &#8230; and he was fine. And not too long after, he did it again. And I said, outta here.”
“I have a great spa,” the president added. “One of the best spas in the world at Mar-a-Lago.”
Trump had said on Monday that he ended his relationship with Epstein after Epstein &#8220;stole people who worked&#8221; for him. Asked by a reporter if one of those individuals who Epstein &#8220;stole&#8221; was Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, Trump responded: “I think so. I think that was one of the people.&#8221;
&#8220;He stole her,&#8221; added Trump, noting, &#8220;And by the way, she had no complaints about us whatsoever.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s comments come after legacy outlets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bondi-told-trump-his-name-was-in-epstein-files-no-actionable-allegations-found">broke the news</a> that during a May briefing on the Epstein case, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump that his name, and the names of other high-profile figures, came up in her examination of the Epstein documents that are not public.
It was already publicly reported that Trump&#8217;s name appears in the Epstein documents, given that public files include his name and hundreds of others. The two men were openly friendly before they fell out (reportedly because Trump found Epstein to be a &#8220;creep&#8221;) and Epstein was no longer welcome at Mar-A-Lago, administration officials previously shared with The Daily Wire.
Asked by reporters whether he stopped being friends with Epstein because he was a creep or because he was stealing employees, Trump responded: “Well maybe they’re the same thing, sort of a little bit of the same thing. He took people that worked for me and I told him don’t do it anymore, and he did it, so I said stay the hell out of here.”
<div id="attachment_953993" style="width: 731px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-epstein-stole-employees-from-mar-a-lago-spa-including-accuser-virginia-giuffre/trump-knauss-epstein-maxwell-at-mar-a-lago" rel="attachment wp-att-953993"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-953993" class="wp-image-953993 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807-721x576.jpg" alt="" width="721" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807-721x576.jpg 721w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807-300x240.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807-768x614.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-1192977807.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px" /></a>Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, former model Melania Knauss, financier Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)</div>
“As part of our routine briefing, we made the president aware of the findings,” Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, shared in a joint statement. “Nothing in the files warranted further investigation or prosecution.”
The Justice Department posted a July 7 <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1407001/dl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> declaring that after an “exhaustive review” of the Epstein files, it had found no incriminating “client list” or “credible evidence” that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals. &#8220;No further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted,&#8221; the DOJ said, sparking massive backlash from both the Left and the Right.
Amid ongoing criticism and calls for more transparency, Blanche revealed that he would interview Epstein&#8217;s infamous cohort Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20 year sentence for sex trafficking.
“If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Blanche <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1947622027587723365" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Mairead Elordi contributed to this report.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ghislaine Maxwell</a>, a longtime companion to deceased sex offender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffrey Epstein</a>, is threatening to refuse cooperation with Congress if she is not granted immunity or given other concessions for a deposition.
The demands were outlined in a <a href="https://x.com/yashar/status/1950250996946633126" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent on Tuesday to House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) after he issued a subpoena last week to Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls.
David Oscar Markus, Maxwell&#8217;s attorney, wrote that their &#8220;initial reaction&#8221; to the subpoena, which seeks a deposition with at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida, on August 11, was that his client would &#8220;invoke her Fifth Amendment rights and decline to testify at this time.&#8221; But, he added, &#8220;further reflection&#8221; led them to offer &#8220;conditions&#8221; that would make it possible for Maxwell to cooperate.
The committee questioning Maxwell in prison and without a grant of immunity are &#8220;non-starters,&#8221; Markus warned. He said Maxwell &#8220;cannot risk further criminal exposure in a politically charged environment&#8221; and warned the potential for leaks from prison would create &#8220;real security risks and undermines the integrity of the process.&#8221; Markus also wrote that Maxwell would require questions in advance and requested the deposition be scheduled after the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/epstein-accomplice-rolls-dice-with-supreme-court-appeals-to-get-conviction-tossed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decides</a> on his client&#8217;s petition seeking to overturn her conviction.
&#8220;Of course, in the alternative, if Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency, she would be willing — and eager — to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D.C.,&#8221; Markus wrote. &#8220;She welcomes the opportunity to share the truth and to dispel the many misconceptions and misstatements that have plagued this case from the beginning.&#8221;
So far, it does not appear Comer is willing to accept the full extent of Maxwell&#8217;s demands, which follow <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/justice-department-meets-with-ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meetings</a> with the Department of Justice.
&#8220;The Oversight Committee will respond to Ms. Maxwell’s attorney soon, but it will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony,&#8221; a spokesperson for the panel <a href="https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1950246277163196701" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters.
A House Oversight panel also voted last week to subpoena files regarding Epstein and testimony from former President Bill Clinton, his wife and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and several ex-law enforcement leaders. Comer later <a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1948458870721884243" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> his committee was preparing to comply with the decision.

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President Donald Trump recalled the exact moment that he declared the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to be &#8220;persona non grata&#8221; — and informed him that he was no longer welcome at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump delivered the statement on Monday during a joint press conference — which included British Prime Minister Keir Starmer — at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland. He initially dismissed a question about how he and Epstein fell out, calling it &#8220;such old history&#8221; — but then answered the query anyway.
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&#8220;That’s such old history. Very easy to explain, but I don’t want to waste your time by explaining it,&#8221; Trump began, but proceeded anyway. &#8220;But for years, I wouldn’t talk to Jeffrey Epstein. I wouldn&#8217;t talk, because he did something that was inappropriate.&#8221;
&#8220;He hired help. And I said ‘Don’t ever do that again.’ He stole people that worked for me,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;I said, ‘Don’t never do that again.’ He did it again. And I threw him out of the place, persona non grata. I threw him out, and that was it. I&#8217;m glad I did, if you want to know the truth.&#8221;
Trump then stated that despite being invited, he had never gone to Epstein&#8217;s island — and claimed that former President Bill Clinton — who has been documented as flying on Epstein&#8217;s plane a number of times — had been to the island &#8220;28 times.&#8221;
&#8220;And by the way, I never went to the island,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And Bill Clinton went there, supposedly, 28 times. I never went to the island, but Larry Summers, I hear, went there, he was the head of Harvard. And many other people that were very big people, nobody ever talks about them.&#8221;
&#8220;I never had the privilege of going to his island. And I did turn it down,&#8221; Trump repeated. &#8220;But a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island. In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn’t want to go to his island.&#8221;

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‘Persona Non Grata’: Trump Recalls What Made Him Boot Epstein From Mar-A-Lago

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Ghislaine Maxwell&#8217;s attorneys have formally petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn her 2021 sex trafficking conviction, claiming that her crimes were covered under a 2007 plea deal.
Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in the crimes of deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, is <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/28/us-news/ghislaine-maxwell-makes-long-shot-supreme-court-bid-to-overturn-sex-trafficking-conviction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> through her attorneys that the controversial deal — struck between Epstein and South Florida prosecutors — included her in addition to allowing the disgraced financier to plead guilty to state charges of solicitation and to procuring minors for the purpose of prostitution.
Her attorneys, husband-and-wife team <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1073/368155/20250728111721067_24-1073ReplyInSupportOfPetitionForWritOfCertiorari.pdf">David Oscar and Mona Markus</a>, are citing one specific stipulation from the 2007 agreement that resulted in Epstein serving only 13 months in a work-release program — a line stating that the Miami U.S. Attorney’s Office would “not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein.&#8221; The agreement named four such &#8220;potential co-conspirators,&#8221; but Maxwell was not one of them.
&#8220;Rather than grapple with the core principles of plea agreements, the government tries to distract by reciting a lurid and irrelevant account of Jeffrey Epstein’s misconduct,” Maxwell’s attorneys wrote. &#8220;But this case is about what the government promised, not what Epstein did.&#8221;
&#8220;This promise is unqualified. It is not geographically limited to the Southern District of Florida, it is not conditioned on the co-conspirators being known by the government at the time, it does not depend on what any particular government attorney may have had in his or her head about who might be a co-conspirator, and it contains no other caveat or exception,&#8221; they wrote. &#8220;This should be the end of the discussion.&#8221;
Maxwell has been in the headlines recently as she&#8217;s agreed to cooperate with the United States Justice Department in its continued efforts to get to the bottom of Epstein&#8217;s crimes. She recently spoke with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in an interview that stretched over two days, and according to reports, gave him the names of some <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-gave-doj-info-on-100-people-linked-to-epstein-her-lawyer-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 people</a> who were connected to Epstein in some way.
President Donald Trump has said that he wants to publish as much information about Epstein as possible, but has been adamant that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spin-cycle-democrats-cant-quit-the-epstein-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener">victims should be protected</a>. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has said the same, stating that he would block a bipartisan push to release the files because the measure did not do enough on that front.
Trump also left the door open for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-allowed-to-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-keeps-option-open-after-doj-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardoning Maxwell</a>, saying recently that he at least was leaving the option on the table.

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After months — and even years — of showing no curiosity whatsoever regarding the contents of the files relating to deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, congressional Democrats and their media counterparts are suddenly disinterested in talking about anything else.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
The working theory, based on the comments and questions swirling from the left, appears to be that the Epstein story plays well for Democrats. Of course, that&#8217;s only true if everyone ignores the fact that Democrats could have worked to get the files released years ago — or they could at least have refrained from blocking Republican efforts to subpoena the disgraced financier&#8217;s flight logs.
Still, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) parroted exactly that point during an interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221;
Khanna, who has joined with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to force a vote in the House on the Epstein files. spoke with host Kristen Welker about the Democratic Party&#8217;s sudden pivot to Epstein.
Welker pressed the California Democrat on the shift to all Epstein, all the time, and asked whether anyone was concerned that other issues might get left by the wayside if the Epstein drama was taking up all the oxygen in the room. She especially pressed him on the fact that &#8220;everyday pocketbook issues&#8221; might be a better selling point for Democrats going into the 2026 midterms, but he disagreed.
&#8220;You can&#8217;t do anything constructive with government if you don&#8217;t have trust in government,&#8221; Khanna replied, saying that getting the files released would be a step toward more transparency. He did not explain why Democrats had opposed Republican efforts to get some of the documents in question years earlier.
&#8220;This is about trust in government,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;When John F. Kennedy was president, trust in government was 60%, today it&#8217;s in the teens.&#8221;
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The other working theory appears to be that continued pressure with regard to the Epstein case will drive a wedge between Republicans in general and between President Trump and his supporters specifically. And that is only true if everyone ignores all the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/x-isnt-real-life-cnn-data-guru-throws-wet-blanket-on-dem-plans-to-leverage-epstein-drama">polling</a> that indicates the exact opposite is true.
Welker also spoke with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) about the Epstein files on Sunday morning&#8217;s broadcast, and she pressed him on President Trump&#8217;s recent comments about Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell — namely the fact that he has &#8220;not considered&#8221; clemency for the convicted accomplice.
Of course, that&#8217;s only true if everyone ignores the fact that Democrats could have worked to get the files released years ago — or they could at least have refrained from blocking Republican efforts to subpoena the disgraced financier&#8217;s flight logs. It&#8217;s also only true if everyone ignores all the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/x-isnt-real-life-cnn-data-guru-throws-wet-blanket-on-dem-plans-to-leverage-epstein-drama">polling</a> that indicates the exact opposite is true.
Still, Welker pressed Johnson on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-allowed-to-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-keeps-option-open-after-doj-meeting">Trump&#8217;s statement</a> — which at face value was a fairly benign and fairly typical refusal to take any negotiating leverage off the table — and asked Johnson to respond to the possibility that Trump could ultimately pardon Maxwell.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re asking my opinion, I think 20 years was a pittance,&#8221; Johnson replied. &#8220;I think she should have a life sentence at least. I mean, think of all these unspeakable crimes, and as you noted earlier, probably 1,000 victims. I mean, you know, this, this is, it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s hard to put into words how evil this was, and that she orchestrated it and was a big part of it, at least under the criminal sanction, I think is an unforgivable thing. So again, not my decision, but I have great pause about that, as any reasonable person would.&#8221;
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Johnson has said on several occasions that he would like to see as much information as possible released with regard to the Epstein case — but with one very important caveat: the victims must be protected. He has also opposed what he&#8217;s referred to as a &#8220;reckless&#8221; bipartisan bill — the one being touted by Reps. Khanna and Massie — largely because he does not believe it would do enough to protect the victims.
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On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Jonathan Karl went a different direction with former Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) and asked about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-dismisses-epstein-case-hoax-as-his-justice-department-interviews-ghislaine-maxwell">recent conversations</a> — which played out over two days — between Maxwell and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
&#8220;I have never seen this done — ever. The deputy attorney general runs the Department of Justice. They don’t interview witnesses … This is highly unusual,&#8221; he said.
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Maxwell, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-gave-doj-info-on-100-people-linked-to-epstein-her-lawyer-says">according to reports</a>, spoke with Blanche about 100 of her late employer&#8217;s associates.

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President Donald Trump finalizes a historic trade deal with the European Union and brokers a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. The Department of Justice questions Ghislaine Maxwell for the first time, as FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issues a cryptic warning about government weaponization. And Trump slams California Governor Gavin Newsom after nearly $100 million in celebrity-raised wildfire aid reportedly fails to reach victims. 
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<h2>Trump Strikes EU Trade Deal, Brokers Ceasefire</h2>
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Topline: President Trump secured a historic trade agreement with the European Union over the weekend and successfully brokered a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. 
On Sunday, President Trump finalized a massive trade deal with the EU just four days before his August 1 deadline. Under the terms of the agreement, the United States will set a baseline tariff of 15% on most European goods, while the EU will open its markets to American products at a zero-percent tariff. The EU also agreed to purchase $750 billion in energy and defense products from the United States. Collectively, the nations in the EU bloc are America&#8217;s largest trading partner.
Announcing the deal, Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1949527667478319115">said</a>, “It’s great that we made a deal today instead of playing games.” The agreement is a significant win for the White House, as the EU had initially proposed a lower 10% tariff rate.
The deal capped off a weekend of foreign policy wins for the president. After a long-disputed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/very-good-conversation-trump-says-peace-between-cambodia-and-thailand-imminent-after-phone-calls">border conflict</a> between Thailand and Cambodia erupted into a firefight that killed at least 35 people, Trump intervened. The president threatened both nations with 36% tariffs if they did not immediately begin peace talks. Within hours, the two countries agreed to negotiations, which are set to take place on Monday.
With the deadline just days away, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick issued a firm warning to other trading partners that have not yet reached an agreement with the United States. &#8220;No extensions, no more grace periods — August 1st, the tariffs are set,&#8221; he said. 
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<h2>DOJ Questions Ghislaine Maxwell For The First Time</h2>
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Topline: The Department of Justice has interviewed Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell for the first time, a development that legal experts find remarkable, as FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino issued a cryptic warning about government corruption. 
The DOJ met with Maxwell last week, with her attorney David Oscar Markus confirming that prosecutors questioned her about &#8220;100 different people.&#8221; Markus noted that it was the &#8220;first opportunity she&#8217;s ever been given to answer questions about what happened.&#8221; George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley called the development remarkable, expressing shock on Fox News that Maxwell, &#8220;the one who knows the most,&#8221; had been an untapped resource for so long. 
It&#8217;s very likely that Maxwell hopes to trade her testimony for clemency &#8211; she&#8217;s currently serving a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse">20-year sentence</a> for her role in Epstein&#8217;s sex trafficking ring. President Trump has not ruled out a pardon for Maxwell, but her attorney stated that there have been no discussions on this point. Maxwell was reportedly offered limited immunity for the interviews. 
As the DOJ began questioning Maxwell, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino released a statement on X regarding his discovery of political corruption within the government. Bongino said that the information he has seen relating to government weaponization &#8220;shocked [him] down to [his] core&#8221; and that he would &#8220;never be the same after learning what I’ve learned.&#8221; He urged patience and promised answers would come after a full investigation is completed &#8220;by the book and in accordance with the law.&#8221; 
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<h2>California Wildfire Aid Reportedly ‘Disappears’</h2>
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Topline: President Trump is criticizing California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom after nearly $100 million in aid raised by the &#8220;FireAid&#8221; celebrity concert reportedly failed to reach the wildfire victims it was intended to help. 
The &#8220;FireAid&#8221; concert, featuring A-list artists like Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, raised money for residents impacted by the devastating Pacific Palisades and Altadena wildfires earlier this year. Celebrity spokespeople, including actors Miles Teller and Samuel L. Jackson, assured the public that &#8220;All the money raised will go directly to people who need it.&#8221; However, victims on the ground say they have not received any of the money. 
President Trump took to social media to blast the situation, calling it &#8220;A TOTAL DISASTER&#8221; and &#8220;ANOTHER DEMOCRAT INSPIRED SCAM.&#8221; He also slammed Newsom’s forest management, which he said allowed the fires to happen in the first place. FireAid has since issued a statement claiming the plan was never to make direct payments to individuals, but to work through local non-profits. 
An investigation by local news editor Sue Pascoe, who lost her home in the Palisades fire, found that some of these nonprofits appear to be using the funds for their own social and political causes. One group promised to use the money to &#8220;cultivate egalitarian relationships based on trust and respect,&#8221; while another said it would work to build &#8220;a more humane and democratic society.&#8221; Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) is now pushing for an investigation into where the funds went.

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Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell gave the Department of Justice information on “100 different people” linked to child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, her lawyer David Oscar Markus told reporters on Friday, according to <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/25/us-news/ghislaine-maxwell-gave-doj-info-about-100-different-people-linked-to-jeffrey-epstein-lawyer-says/">the New York Post</a>.
Maxwell met with the DOJ on Thursday and Friday and was grilled by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, answering &#8220;every single question,&#8221; according to Markus.
“This was the first opportunity she’s ever been given to answer questions about what happened,” Maxwell&#8217;s lawyer said. “The truth will come out about what happened with Mr. Epstein, and she’s the person who’s answering those questions.”
Markus did not say whether Maxwell&#8217;s discussions with the DOJ tied anyone else to Epstein&#8217;s crimes. Markus was challenged by one reporter about two previous perjury counts against Maxwell, and replied by pointing to the federal government dropping those charges after she was convicted of sex trafficking.
The Trump administration is pursuing multiple avenues to release more information on the Epstein case after facing criticism for its handling of the investigation. The DOJ is also requesting that federal judges in New York and Florida unseal grand jury transcripts in Epstein&#8217;s and Maxwell&#8217;s cases. A federal judge in Florida <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hands-are-tied-federal-judge-denies-dojs-request-to-unseal-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts">denied</a> the DOJ&#8217;s request earlier this week, saying that her &#8220;hands are tied&#8221; and she does not have the authority to release the sensitive records.
Maxwell is in the process of appealing her conviction, and some commentators and legal analysts have floated that Epstein&#8217;s co-conspirator is providing more information to the DOJ in hopes of securing clemency from President Donald Trump.
As the DOJ was questioning Maxwell, Trump was asked Friday morning if he would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-allowed-to-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-keeps-option-open-after-doj-meeting">consider a pardon</a> for the sex trafficker, who is serving a 20-year sentence.
“It’s something I haven’t thought about,” Trump responded. “I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about.”
Maxwell&#8217;s lawyer commented on a potential pardon or commutation, calling Trump &#8220;the ultimate dealmaker,&#8221; adding, “We hope he exercises that power in a right and just way.
On Thursday, Markus said that Maxwell was questioned &#8220;all day,&#8221; but he did not comment &#8220;on the substance&#8221; of the meeting, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-doj-official-todd-blanche-meeting-with-ghislaine-maxwell/">reported</a>.
&#8220;This is the first time that the government has asked questions, so we were thankful that the deputy attorney general came and asked her questions. It&#8217;s the first time the government did it. So it was a good day,&#8221; Markus added.
Deputy Attorney General Blanche <a href="https://x.com/dagtoddblanche/status/1948519521071047090?s=46">said</a> in an X post after Thursday&#8217;s meeting that the DOJ &#8220;will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.&#8221;

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Asked about the Jeffrey Epstein files again on Friday morning, President Donald Trump told reporters on the White House lawn that they should focus on former President Bill Clinton&#8217;s connection to the convicted child sex abuser.
The president also mentioned Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard and Treasury Secretary under Clinton, and &#8220;some of his friends that are hedge fund guys.&#8221; Neither Summers nor Clinton has been accused of any crimes related to Epstein&#8217;s sex trafficking and abuse.
&#8220;You ought to be speaking about Bill Clinton, who went to [Epstein&#8217;s] island 28 times. I never went to the island,&#8221; Trump said.
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President Trump just named checked Bill Clinton and Larry Summers when asked about Epstein:
“You ought to be talking about Larry Summers…. or Bill Clinton, who went to the island 28 times. I never went to the island.” <a href="https://t.co/YkUNToInL9">pic.twitter.com/YkUNToInL9</a>
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Trump&#8217;s comments come amid continued pressure for the administration to release more information on the Epstein files after the Department of Justice concluded earlier this month that there was no evidence that Epstein kept a client list. Trump has blasted the focus on the Epstein files as a Democrat &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-dismisses-epstein-case-hoax-as-his-justice-department-interviews-ghislaine-maxwell?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Trump+Dismisses+Epstein+Case+%E2%80%98HOAX%E2%80%99+As+His+Justice+Department+Interviews+Ghislaine+Maxwell">CON JOB</a>,&#8221; but suggested on Thursday that more information would come to light after his DOJ requested that grand jury transcripts in the case be unsealed.
Clinton has acknowledged that he was a former associate of Epstein&#8217;s, but denied that he had any knowledge of the pedophile&#8217;s crimes against young girls. A spokesman for Clinton <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIn%202002%20and%202003%2C%20President,young%2Dlooking%20girls%2C%20prosecutors%20say">claimed</a> in 2019 that the former president traveled on Epstein&#8217;s private jet on four occasions between 2002 and 2003, &#8220;one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation.&#8221;
The Clinton spokesman added that the former president &#8220;has never been to Little St. James Island, Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida.&#8221;
A 2016 article from Fox News, however, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/flight-logs-show-bill-clinton-flew-on-sex-offenders-jet-much-more-than-previously-known">reported</a> that Clinton traveled on Epstein&#8217;s private jet at least 26 times, according to flight records. In 2020, a <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/08/18/photos-show-bill-clinton-getting-massage-from-epstein-accuser/">picture</a> surfaced of Clinton getting a massage from Epstein accuser Chauntae Davies after a 2002 flight on Epstein&#8217;s &#8220;Lolita Express,&#8221; the New York Post reported. Davies alleged that Epstein raped her on multiple occasions and also accused Epstein&#8217;s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to work for the predator. Davies did not accuse Clinton of any wrongdoing.
Clinton&#8217;s name also <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67865190">appeared</a> — alongside the names of President Trump, Prince Andrew, and others — in court filings related to the Epstein case. The court filings only detailed Clinton&#8217;s and Trump&#8217;s connection to Epstein and did not implicate the U.S. presidents in any criminality. Prince Andrew was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-andrew-allegations-jeffrey-epstein-documents-no-uk-police-investigation/">accused</a> of groping Johanna Sjoberg in 2001 and was also accused of sexual abuse by Virginia Giuffre, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/most-prominent-epstein-sexual-abuse-victim-virginia-giuffre-dies-by-apparent-suicide?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Most+Prominent+Epstein+Sexual+Abuse+Victim+Virginia+Giuffre+Dies+By+Apparent+Suicide">died</a> by apparent suicide earlier this year. Prince Andrew has denied any wrongdoing and settled the case brought by Giuffre out of court in 2022.
In a 2016 deposition, Sjoberg said that Epstein mentioned Clinton to her. “He said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” Sjoberg said, but added that she never saw the former president on Epstein&#8217;s island. A Clinton spokesman said in 2019 that Clinton had not spoken to Epstein in more than a decade and had no knowledge of any criminal activity when he was last in contact with the disgraced financier.
The Wall Street Journal has published two <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?mod=hp_lead_pos7">reports</a> over the past week on alleged birthday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-clinton-commended-epstein-for-childlike-curiosity-in-unearthed-birthday-letter?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Epstein+Birthday+Book+Also+Included+Bill+Clinton+Letter+Commending+Predator%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Childlike+Curiosity%E2%80%99">messages</a> sent to Epstein from Trump and Clinton. Trump ripped the WSJ over the report, calling it &#8220;FAKE,&#8221; and then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-files-massive-libel-lawsuit-against-wall-street-journal-over-fake-epstein-letter">filed</a> a libel lawsuit against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, and two Wall Street Journal reporters. A Clinton spokesman declined to comment on the alleged birthday message, according to the WSJ.
Asked about the WSJ report on Friday, Trump said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re talking about. Somebody could&#8217;ve written a letter and used my name. That&#8217;s happened a lot.&#8221;

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Trump Demands Media Cover Bill Clinton’s Epstein Links: ‘I Never Went To The Island’

President Donald Trump said Friday morning that he &#8220;hasn&#8217;t thought about&#8221; pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s former girlfriend and accomplice, who is serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking.
Trump spoke to a gaggle of reporters as he was departing the White House for Europe to meet with the Scottish Prime Minister.
&#8220;Would you consider a pardon or a commutation for Ghislaine Maxwell?&#8221; a reporter asked.
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Reporter: Would you consider a pardon or commutation for Ghislaine Maxwell?
Trump: I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I haven’t thought about <a href="https://t.co/hxtckbf9b3">pic.twitter.com/hxtckbf9b3</a>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s something I haven&#8217;t thought about,&#8221; Trump responded. &#8220;I&#8217;m allowed to do it, but it&#8217;s something I have not thought about.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s comments come one day after Todd Blanche, the second highest-ranking Justice Department official, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-doj-official-todd-blanche-meeting-with-ghislaine-maxwell/">met</a> with Maxwell on Thursday at the U.S. attorney&#8217;s office in Tallahassee, Florida.
“If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Blanche <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1947622027587723365" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement earlier this week.
Blanche continued interviewing Maxwell on Friday.
&#8220;He&#8217;s over there now,&#8221; Trump said of Blanche Friday morning. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know exactly what&#8217;s happening, but I certainly can&#8217;t talk about pardons now.&#8221;
Another reporter asked, &#8220;Can you trust what she&#8217;s telling him? She&#8217;s a convicted trafficker who&#8217;s eager to get out of prison?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, you know, he&#8217;s a professional lawyer,&#8221; Trump responded. &#8220;I think he&#8217;s been through things like this before.&#8221;
Maxwell&#8217;s lawyer <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-doj-official-todd-blanche-meeting-with-ghislaine-maxwell/">said</a> she had answered &#8220;every one&#8221; of the government&#8217;s questions on Thursday.
Trump also again denied he had written a &#8220;bawdy&#8221; birthday letter to Epstein, which The Wall Street Journal reported last week.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t even know what they&#8217;re talking about. Now, somebody could have written a letter and used my name. That&#8217;s happened a lot,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump has filed $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Journal over the story.
Trump and Epstein socialized in the early 2000s, but Trump reportedly <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/510604-book-claims-trump-barred-epstein-from-mar-a-lago-after-financier-hit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> Epstein from Mar-a-Lago in 2007 for harassing a club member’s teenage daughter. In 2020, Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/510604-book-claims-trump-barred-epstein-from-mar-a-lago-after-financier-hit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was “not a fan” of Epstein and “threw him out” of Mar-a-Lago, adding that they had not spoken in 15 years.
Bill Clinton allegedly wrote a birthday letter that complimented Epstein on his “childlike curiosity,” the Journal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-clinton-commended-epstein-for-childlike-curiosity-in-unearthed-birthday-letter">reported</a> Thursday.
&#8220;You ought to be speaking about Bill Clinton, who went to the island 28 times. I never went to the island,&#8221; Trump told reporters Friday. &#8220;You should focus on the president of Harvard, the former president of Harvard. You should focus on some of the hedge fund guys. I&#8217;ll give you a list. These guys lived with Jeffrey Epstein. I sure as hell didn&#8217;t.&#8221;
Epstein was found dead at 66 in what was ruled a suicide in his Manhattan jail cell back in 2019. He was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges after being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-predator-prowling-the-streets-the-trial-of-ghislaine-maxwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, as well as procuring underage girls for prominent men on his private island in the Virgin Islands, Little St. James.

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Trump Says He’s ‘Allowed’ To Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, Keeps Option Open After DOJ Meeting

Trump Weighs In On Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon After DOJ Met With Her

President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein as a &#8220;Democrat CON JOB,&#8221; saying that further revelations would &#8220;put an end to this HOAX.&#8221;
Trump took to Truth Social to comment on Democrats&#8217; sudden fascination with Epstein, after years of either ignoring the case or actively blocking Republicans from releasing Epstein&#8217;s flight logs.
&#8220;The Radical Left Democrats are doing everything in their power to distract and obfuscate from our GREAT six months of service to America, results of which many are saying is the BEST six months in Presidential history,&#8221; Trump posted.
&#8220;They have gone absolutely CRAZY, and are playing another Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax but, this time, under the guise of what we will call the Jeffrey Epstein SCAM,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;As things are revealed and, I hope will take place quickly, you will see that it is yet another Democrat CON JOB. Hopefully, the Grand Jury Files will put an end to this HOAX. Everyone should see what is there, but people who are innocent should not be hurt. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221;
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday met with longtime Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell — who is currently serving 20 years for her role in Epstein&#8217;s crimes — and said he planned to continue the interview Friday.
&#8220;Today, I met with Ghislaine Maxwell, and I will continue my interview of her tomorrow. The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time,&#8221; he posted.
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Today, I met with Ghislaine Maxwell, and I will continue my interview of her tomorrow. The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.
— Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) <a href="https://twitter.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/1948519521071047090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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According to her attorney, Maxwell has agreed to &#8220;testify truthfully&#8221; and appreciates the president&#8217;s &#8220;commitment to uncovering the truth.&#8221;

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Trump Dismisses Epstein Case 'HOAX' As His Justice Department Interviews Ghislaine Maxwell

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