Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida about the case involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell for several hours at a federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida.

The comment came after Trump was asked if he was considering pardoning the associate of Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted sex trafficking.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met for a second day with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, without offering more than a broad rationale for his hours of questioning. Multiple former federal prosecutors told CBS News they were bewildered by his decision to launch into such talks and described the unfolding events as both unorthodox and concerning.

His comments come after Trump's top envoy, Steve Witkoff, said yesterday that he was pulling the U.S. team of negotiators out of Doha, Qatar, after Hamas' latest response in the talks, saying it "clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza."

Judges deny releasing Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury transcripts from cases in New York and Florida - The move comes as the Trump administration faces growing criticism over the Epstein investigations.