Justice Department officials will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The investigation into Epstein's crimes began in Palm Beach, Florida, where he faced initial charges and entered a controversial plea deal. Trump, a former friend of Epstein, faces scrutiny due to past associations and a recent lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a lewd letter.

During Mr. Trump's first term, his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned following criticism of his handling of Epstein's 2008 plea deal when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Epstein served 13 months in a jail work-release program after he was originally accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls and young women.

Terrell Bailey-Corsey could face federal charges after allegedly posting violent threats on X and Facebook about Jeffrey Epstein's client list.

In 2005, model Melania Knauss married future president Donald Trump in Florida, with a Mar-a-Lago reception. Did Jeffrey Epstein get a wedding invite?

Pam Bondi took office as Florida's first female attorney general in 2011. Epstein had gotten out of the Palm Beach County Jail two years earlier.

Adding yet another Sunshine State connection to the whole saga, the WSJ has hired former GOP Sen. GEORGE LEMIEUX, the previous CHARLIE CRIST chief of staff when he was governor, who now works at the Florida firm Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, per POLITICO’s Josh Gerstein.

The Justice Department seeks to interview the disgraced financier’s jailed associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, as calls for transparency into the matter persist.