new information and new statement coming out from the justice department on all of this what are you

learning yeah i mean uh this is just came in moments ago kate from a statement from deputy

attorney general todd blanche i want to read for you what it said because it seems like this

pressure campaign on the white house uh is working so uh blanche, quote, at the direction of Attorney General Bondi, I have communicated with counsel for Ms. Maxwell.

He's referring to Galane Maxwell, of course, one of Jeffrey Epstein's associates who has been convicted on some of those crimes,

to determine whether she would be willing to speak with prosecutors from the department.

I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the coming days.

Now, part of that statement as well, we had heard from Blanche saying that if she has information

about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, he said the FBI and the DOJ will

hear what she has to say. This is a new development,

Kate, and this is exactly what we've been now hearing from not just Democrats and the broader

American public, from the president's fiercest supporters. You had that graphic of some of the

people who are pushing for and supporting that discharge position in the house to try and force a floor vote on this.

I mean, this has now become an untenable position for the White House's idea and really their

strategy for the last couple weeks now of trying to move on from this subject.

We have now seen the pressure really ratcheted up here.

And now we are hearing from the Justice

Department that they are planning to meet with Galane Maxwell and see if they can get more

information on what she knows. And specifically, as Blanche had said, about anyone who had

also committed crimes against victims. I think, of course, a key question is, will this

be enough? Because we have now heard from several different of the president's supporters, people like

Steve Bannon, like Laura Lumer, but then also many of his supporters on Capitol Hill,

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