What To Know About Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s Longtime Collaborator

The disgraced British socialite is at the center of renewed public interest in Epstein.

By
Sara Boboltz
Jul 26, 2025, 09:00 AM EDT

As President Donald Trump struggles to contain the fallout over his ties to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and officials within his own administration are turning to Ghislaine Maxwell, the financier’s longtime co-conspirator and sometime girlfriend.

Just this week, Justice Department officials traveled to the facility in Florida where she is serving out a 20-year sentence, and House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer issued her a subpoena compelling her testimony.

“Who participated in the abuse,
or knew about it
and did nothing”

Epstein exploded back into the national conversation this month after the Justice Department issued a memo suggesting there was no reason to release any more federal records about him because there was no evidence he kept a so-called “client list” or blackmailed any prominent figures.

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