Donald Trump has said that pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell is something he is “allowed to do”. Maxwell, the ex-girlfriend of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, was interviewed by Trump administration officials in prison for the second day in a row on Friday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said it was "not my lane" when he was asked if he supported President Donald Trump granting a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. During a Sunday interview on Meet the Press,

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) took a fiery stand against a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell — something on which President Donald Trump has not closed the door.

President Trump’s DOJ interviewed convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell for the second day in a row. MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton reports on the Epstein whirlwind around President Trump and is joined by former special agent Asha Rangappa and author Tara Setmayer.

Jailed British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has agreed to speak with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in what sources say is a bid by Donald Trump to recover control of the scandal