Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday, after Congress issued a subpoena to the long-time associate of Jeffrey Epstein. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

His comments come after Trump's top envoy, Steve Witkoff, said yesterday that he was pulling the U.S. team of negotiators out of Doha, Qatar, after Hamas' latest response in the talks, saying it "clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza."

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he would meet with former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida for a second day.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump features in the so-called Epstein files, which the White House denied.

It is unclear what information Ghislaine Maxwell provided that would go beyond what is already in the public record.

Last year, a federal appeals court upheld Maxwell’s sentence. In April, she asked the Supreme Court to take up her case. Just last week, as the maelstrom swirled around the case, the DOJ asked the justices not to review her convictions.

Deputy US AG Todd Blanche is expected to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, this morning at the US Attorney’s Office in Tallahassee.

Trump says DOJ-Maxwell meeting "sounds appropriate," but deflects Epstein questions with Obama-era conspiracy claims. This live blog has been closed.