The meeting in Florida, which Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he worked to arrange, is part of an ongoing Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent following fierce backlash from parts of President Donald Trump’s base over an earlier refusal to release additional records in the Epstein investigation.

The former girlfriend and co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein met in Tallahassee with one of the highest-ranking U.S. Department of Justice officials on Thursday.

The Jeffrey Epstein saga that has sucked much of the oxygen of this week's news cycle has begun a chapter in Florida's state capital.

Judge Robin L. Rosenberg said she could not legally grant the Justice Department’s request to release the testimony of witnesses who appeared before the grand jury.

The Trump administration has been embroiled in a firestorm of backlash related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation this month.

Florida lawyer Roy Black, widely known for several high-profile cases from Jeffrey Epstein to William Kennedy Smith, has died at age 80.

Terrell Bailey-Corsey could face federal charges after allegedly posting violent threats on X and Facebook about Jeffrey Epstein's client list.

As a refresher: Epstein was a financier who paid teenage girls to perform sex acts. He used his onetime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell to recruit and manage his victims. He had a wide circle of influential friends and acquaintances, including Bill Clinton and Trump.