Maxwell would refuse to answer questions about Epstein while her case remains pending, but “would be willing—and eager—to testify openly and honestly, in public” if Trump pardons her, her lawyer said.

A child sex abuse survivor from Palm Beach County who testified at the Ghislaine Maxwell trial in 2021 said she had met Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago in the 1990s when she was 14 and was once a contestant in Trump's Miss Teen USA beauty pageant.

The Trump administration has dealt with weeks of criticism for the Justice Department's decision not to release files about Jeffrey Epstein.