If it's Thursday, a top Justice Department official meets with convicted Epstein accomplice

Galane Maxwell as House lawmakers subpoena Maxwell for more information on the Epstein files,

adding even more fuel to the political fire facing the White House.

Plus, President Trump is set to make a rare visit to the Federal Reserve

headquarters this hour as he continues to pressure Chairman Jerome Powell to lower interest

rates and criticizes the cost of renovations to the Federal Reserve building.

And big moves in a big Senate race. Lara Trump says she won't run in Battleground, North

Carolina, as both the RNC chairman and the state's

former Democratic governor prepared to jump in, setting the stage for one of the midterms' most hotly

contested elections. Welcome to Meet the Press. Now, I'm Kristen Welker. It has been another day filled with

developments surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case, even as the White House continues to try to

tighten its grip on the messaging around the matter of deceased, convicted sex

offender Jeffrey Epstein. Today, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served as

Mr. Trump's personal lawyer, met with longtime Epstein Associate and ex-girlfriend Galane Maxwell.

That meeting, which went for most of the day, wrapped up just moments ago at the federal

courthouse in Tallahassee.

Blanche previously painted the meeting as part of a quest for justice.

But it is unclear what the DOJ expects to get from Maxwell, who federal prosecutors have previously said was willing to, quote, brazenly lie under oath.

She was sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison after a 2021 sex

trafficking conviction. Meanwhile, the Republican-led House Oversight Committee is now planning to

depose Maxwell on August 11th. And three Republicans on the committee joined Democrats late

yesterday in a vote to subpoena the Justice Department for

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