As President Donald Trump struggles to contain the fallout over his ties to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and officials within his own administration are turning to Ghislaine Maxwell, the financier’s longtime co-conspirator and sometime girlfriend.

The U.S. Justice Department's No. 2 official said he will again meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Friday.

Maxwell shared a long-standing relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged in 2019 with sex trafficking and abusing underage girls. Though they dated briefly in the 1990s, they reportedly stayed close for years.