CNN's Kaitlan Collins and New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman ripped media allies of Trump for painting Ghislaine Maxwell as a victim. The post CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Maggie Haberman Slam Trump Allies Painting Ghislaine As Victim: Epstein’s Victims Would Like A Word’ first appeared on Mediaite.

A second meeting between Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche took place on Friday for about three hours.

Justice Department officials interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday. Senators used a similar approach in the past to overcome a stalemate on judicial nominations.

President Trump's Deputy Attorney General is meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell for the second time today. NBC News' Ryan Reilly reports the latest. New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker and former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg join Ana Cabrera to weigh in on what could come out of these meetings.

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has theorized that House Republicans declared an early summer recess not only to avoid voting on the Epstein files, but also to give President Donald Trump time to prepare documents to pardon Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Times also reviewed other records of the president’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, including an inscription in which the future president called him “the greatest.”