More than a month of bad headlines for Donald Trump, related to his long-ago friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, has come to this: A high-level meeting, scheduled for Wednesday night, in which the major figures in the Trump Administration will reportedly discuss “strategy” related to Epstein.
Per CNN, Vice President JD Vance will host the meeting, which will also include White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Is the meeting a Justice Department policy meeting or a political one? In the Trump Administration, it’s clear there’s no distinction to be made. And that would be the case even if Blanche, who recently met with convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, hadn’t been Trump’s personal attorney until recently.
“The administration’s handling of the Epstein case, as well as the need to craft a unified response, is expected to be a main focus of the dinner,” CNN reported.
NEW: White House chief Susie Wiles, JD Vance, AG Pam Bondi, FBI Dir Kash Patel & Deputy AG Todd Blanche are expected to meet Wed evening at Vance’s residence to discuss the Trump admin’s strategy relating to Epstein case
More w/ the team https://t.co/57j6A7uOpy
— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) August 6, 2025
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Per the report, which cited three sources, the administration will debate whether to release the transcript of Blanche’s interview with Maxwell, with those contents possibly being released as early as this week.
However, on Wednesday, Trump was asked about the CNN report, and said “I don’t know,” at which point Vance flatly denied the report that a meeting was planned.
REPORTER: Is Vice President Vance hosting a gathering tonight to talk about how to respond to the Epstein situation?
TRUMP: Is he working on what?
R: Is he hosting some kind of gathering of top advisers this evening to talk about how to respond to the Epstein situation?
TRUMP:… pic.twitter.com/H63jbkWYYo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 6, 2025
“There have also been internal discussions about Blanche holding a press conference or doing a high-profile interview, possibly with popular podcaster Joe Rogan,” CNN said. Rogan has mostly been pro-Trump, but is also a longtime Epstein obsessive who has been critical of the Administration’s handling of the Epstein Files matter.
The other question will be what happens with Maxwell, who has already been moved from prison in Florida to a different one in Texas. Might she receive a pardon, commutation, or other reduction of her sentence, in exchange — it’s assumed — for declaring that Trump had no involvement with Epstein’s crimes, or for naming the names of Trump enemies?
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