The Justice Department releases transcripts from its talks with convicted sex trafficker

Gillen Maxwell.

And the FBI searches the home and office of former Trump aide John Bolton.

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C's apply. As we just mentioned, it was a busy Friday for the DOJ, an FBI search of President

Trump's former national security advisor, now prominent Trump critic John Bolton. And the release of transcripts from a

recent interview with Gulen Maxwell, the longtime associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

NPR Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas joins us. Ryan, thanks for being with us.

Thanks for having me, Scott. And let's begin with Gulen Maxwell. Remind us whether DOJ talked to her in the first place.

So Maxwell's a former girlfriend, and as you said, long-time associate of Epstein,

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