WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Friday did not answer when asked about possible clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, saying it is an ongoing investigation. Maxwell is a longtime associate of wealthy financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Miami defense attorney David O. Markus met with his client, Ghislaine Maxwell, who’s serving a 20-year sentence, and a Department of Justice top lawyer in Tallahassee regarding Epstein case.

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -Even as an uproar over files relating to Jeffrey Epstein engulfs President Donald Trump and Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court is due to wade into the controversy and decide whether to hear a bid by an associate of the late financier and convicted sex offender to overturn her criminal conviction.

Chuck Schumer blasted Donald Trump for sending his “personal lawyer” to interview Ghislaine Maxwell in prison in what he described as a clear “conflict of interest.” “Sending Donald Trump’s personal lawyer,

Todd Blanche, the number two at the DOJ, spent the day in a Florida prison talking to convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton reports and is joined by MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance and Norm Eisen,