WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials were set to meet on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a person familiar with the matter.

A senior Department of Justice official met with longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell for six hours on Thursday in Tallahassee, Florida.

Justice Department officials meet with lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in connection with sex trafficking case.

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.

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche met accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell in Tallahassee, Florida, Maxwell's lawyer said on Thursday, calling it "a very productive day.

Even as top Justice Department officials brokered an interview with a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, they asked the Supreme Court to reject her appeal.

News of the meeting date comes as President Donald Trump continues to try and contain the growing backlash over the Epstein saga and his administration's recent decision not to release Epstein investigative files in the custody of the Justice Department.

House Oversight committee subpoenas Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to testify as she prepares to meet with Department of Justice officials about potential evidence.

Congress also wants testimony from convicted Epstein confidante.

The U.S. Congress is preparing to subpoena testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking