Vance To Hold Meeting With Top FBI, DOJ Officials To Discuss Epstein Strategy

Vice President JD Vance is expected to meet with top Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials to discuss whether they should release the administration’s interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, CNN first reported Wednesday.

A source familiar with the plans told the Daily Caller they expected the meeting to happen.

Over two days in July, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche interviewed Maxwell, questioning her about nearly 100 individuals allegedly linked to Jeffrey Epstein. Blanche, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles are expected to attend the meeting set to take place at Vance’s residence, sources told CNN.

The officials are expected to discuss the administration’s response to the Epstein fallout, with the hopes of crafting a unified response, sources told CNN.

After administration officials hyped up the Epstein case and suggested there was a client list, a memo marking the end of the investigation and announcing that there was no client list was leaked to Axios in July.

The abrupt ending sparked backlash among the president’s base and Trump has tried to downplay the case as a “hoax.” (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Insiders Say Epstein Mess Poses Political Trouble For Trump — But The White House Disagrees)

Administration officials previously admitted to the Caller that they were angry and frustrated with the way the Epstein case was handled internally. At the time, some officials even expressed confusion over whether the case was really over because there are still sealed documents related to other ongoing legal battles.

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Kash Patel speaks alongside U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi during a press conference to announce the results of Operation Restore Justice on May 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Following her meeting with Blanche, Maxwell was moved from a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence.

Her attorneys made a push to keep the grand jury transcripts in her case private Tuesday, filing documents to the Southern District of New York. (RELATED: CNN’s Elie Honig Says Possible Release Of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Testimony Would Be ‘Almost Unheard Of’ From DOJ)

“You can arrest all the drug leaders and cartel leaders, but people want closure on this case, and the attorney general must find a better way to reconcile that,” one official told the Caller about the public response to the Epstein fallout.