Fact-check analysisVerified as of July 24, 2025Curated by FactVerify
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The Trump Justice Department's meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to happen today.

Justice Department officials, including a senior official, are expected to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell today in Florida, consistent with multiple recent reports.

Trump Live Updates: Justice Dept. to Interview Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell - The New York Times

Trump Live Updates: Justice Dept. to Interview Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell - The New York Times

Source: nytimes.com

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Key Evidence

Verified July 24, 2025
The reporting

What the Evidence Shows

The claim that the Trump Justice Department's meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to happen today is largely supported by multiple credible news sources reporting on a planned meeting on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Several outlets including The Guardian, The New York Times, NBC News, ABC News, and The Independent confirm that a senior Justice Department official, specifically Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, is scheduled to interview Maxwell at the federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida where she is serving her sentence.nytimes.comnytimes.comTrump Live Updates: Justice Dept. to Interview Epstein Associate Ghislaine...the-independent.comthe-independent.comTop DOJ official to meet today with Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell inside...nbcnews.comnbcnews.comLive updates: Justice Department expected to meet with Epstein accomplice...

The timing aligns with 'today' as per the date of these reports. However, some sources phrase the timing as 'in the coming days' or 'expected to meet today,' indicating slight uncertainty or that the meeting may be imminent rather than definitively confirmed for the exact day.abcnews.go.comabcnews.go.comDOJ meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell set for Thursday: Sources The claim also attributes the meeting to the 'Trump Justice Department,' which is somewhat ambiguous given that Donald Trump is no longer president as of 2025; however, the Justice Department officials involved are part of the current administration's DOJ.

This could reflect a shorthand or political framing rather than a precise institutional label. Overall, the core factual assertion, that a DOJ meeting with Maxwell is expected imminently, is well supported by recent authoritative sources. There is no evidence contradicting the timing or existence of this meeting.

The minor nuance about exact timing and administration naming leads to a verdict of Mostly True rather than True.

Primary trail

Verified Sources5

Ghislaine Maxwell to meet with justice department official about Jeffrey Epstein...

theguardian.com
Open source

Trump Live Updates: Justice Dept. to Interview Epstein Associate Ghislaine...

nytimes.com
Open source

DOJ meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell set for Thursday: Sources

abcnews.go.com
Open source
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