The Justice Department seeks meeting with former Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell amid outrage

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 23 July 2025

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The Justice Department wants a meeting with Epstein’s former associate and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell amid backlash over the so-called ‘Epstein files.’ Then, the President announces new trade deals on social media with few details as GM and Stellantis say their profits have taken a hit from tariffs. Plus, the administration escalates its deportation efforts. Susan Glasser, Dave Weigel, Jeff Mason, David Gura, Ron Insana, Adrian Carrasquillo, and Bill Carter join The 11th Hour this Tuesday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the Justice Department wants to meet with convicted sex trafficker and Epstein associate
0:05.7	Galane Maxwell amid the right-wing backlash related to the case. Then money power politics,
0:11.9	Trump's tariffs deliver a big financial hit to American automakers. Plus, is the Trump White
0:17.7	House overplaying their hand on immigration? We'll get into new reporting on their aggressive enforcement tactics
0:23.6	as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.
0:32.6	Good evening once again.
0:34.1	I am Stephanie Ruhl, and it is day 184 of the second Trump administration.
0:39.1	And as Donald Trump throws everything against the wall to stop people from talking about Jeffrey Epstein,
0:45.3	his own Justice Department is reaching out to Epstein's associate, Galane Maxwell.
0:49.8	My colleague Peter Alexander has all the details.
0:53.6	Tonight, Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing her top deputy expects to meet soon with
0:58.2	Galane Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
1:03.6	Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche posting, President Trump, has told us to release all credible
1:07.9	evidence. If Galane Maxwell has information about anyone who committed
1:11.7	crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say. It's the latest
1:17.8	effort by the Trump administration to diffuse the uproar among some Trump supporters over the handling
1:23.5	of the DOJ files on Epstein. President Trump today saying he would support it.
1:28.3	I don't know about it, but I think it's something that would be sounds appropriate to do, yeah.
1:32.8	It's sort of a witch hunt, just a continuation of the witch hunt.
1:37.2	Hours later, the House Oversight Committee approved a Republican-led motion to subpoena Maxwell.
1:42.8	She wants to tell us who I was going to Epstein Island.
1:45.3	I think that would be interesting.
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