Vance Urged Tucker Carlson to Interview Maxwell in 2025 as Epstein Files Named Trump 1,000 Times
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Updated · CNN · Jun 10
Vance Urged Tucker Carlson to Interview Maxwell in 2025 as Epstein Files Named Trump 1,000 Times
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jun 10
Summary
A July 17, 2025 Situation Room meeting turned to Ghislaine Maxwell after JD Vance proposed Tucker Carlson interview her in prison to help clear Donald Trump, according to a new book excerpt.
Vance also pushed to release all Epstein-related files quickly, arguing the White House should get ahead of Congress as pressure mounted over Trump's ties to Epstein and demands for transparency from his own base.
Todd Blanche instead offered to question Maxwell himself and did so a week later; transcripts later showed she said she never saw Trump act improperly with Epstein, and the Justice Department gave her limited immunity.
The excerpt says White House counsel raised pardoning Maxwell or cutting her sentence, drawing strong objections from several officials; she was later moved from a Florida prison to a lower-security camp in Texas.
Congress eventually forced the files' release in December, and documents mentioning Trump more than 1,000 times intensified scrutiny, though the Justice Department said the allegations were false and Trump has denied wrongdoing.