The disgraced British socialite, wearing all brown, was handcuffed in the front and led through a barbed-wire-laced fenced-in area in front of the prison.

When asked about trusting Maxwell, who has been deemed as untrustworthy by prosecutors, Trump said he had faith in Blanche, who previously served as Trump's criminal attorney.

"She probably wants a pardon from Donald Trump, and so her meeting with Trump's Department of Justice cannot be trusted, and anything she says must be corroborated with documents and records from the actual Epstein files,

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.

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Mr Trump attended a dinner organised by Maxwell at Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan in honour of her close friend the Duke of York in 1999, according to The New York Post.

Ghislaine Maxwell met with Department of Justice representatives to discuss more facts related to Jeffrey Epstein's case.

Ghislaine Maxwellis reportedly eager to speak in front of Congress about the Epstein files. Maxwell is the only person currently incarcerated with ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the infamous s-- trafficker who was jailed but committed suicide in 2019.

Earlier Wednesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued the subpoena to Maxwell, which proposes that she be deposed August 11 in the low security women’s prison in Florida where she has been serving her 20-year-sentence for sex trafficking and conspiracy to recruit underage girls for sex acts.

The claim was that Fox News reported that Trump had said he would pardon Maxwell if he were elected as president again in 2024. In reality, Fox News had reported no such thing.