The Justice Department’s decision to send Trump appointee Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to interview Ghislaine Maxwell in prison is drawing backlash.  Legal analyst Lisa Rubin joins Morning Joe to call the move is “beyond unusual” and “reeks of something untoward,

The U.S. Justice Department plans to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime partner, about Epstein's case. Alan Kagawa, a criminal defense attorney with Tully & Weiss, joined us on 'The Nine' for insight into her case.

Last year, a federal appeals court upheld Maxwell’s sentence. In April, she asked the Supreme Court to take up her case. Just last week, as the maelstrom swirled around the case, the DOJ asked the justices not to review her convictions.

President Donald Trump’s effort to unseal Jeffrey Epstein-related grand jury transcripts has hit a temporary roadblock. The federal judge overseeing the Trump administration’s request to unseal records from Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case said Tuesday that the DOJ’s filing “does not adequately address” several factors the court must weigh when considering the disclosure of secret grand jury materials.

The Department of Justice said Tuesday it has reached out to Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid backlash over the administration’s handling of files related to Epstein.