Maxwell was convicted of recruiting and grooming multiple teenage girls for over a decade to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein.

Federal judges responded to a request from the attorney general to release grand jury transcripts from cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Justice Department said unsealing grand jury transcripts related to Epstein's case is necessary given "longstanding and legitimate" public interest in the case.

The Department of Justice has contacted Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted associate to Jeffrey Epstein. Also, the House GOP is seemingly split over how to handle the controversy over the Epstein files. NBC News Correspondents Monica Alba and Sahil Kapur and MSNBC Legal Correspondent Lisa Rubin report the latest.

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President Donald Trump says he supports Justice Department attempts to seek a new interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls.

Committee Democrats had planned to force a vote on a resolution calling for the public release of Epstein-related documents