Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team expressed optimism after meeting with the Department of Justice on Thursday in an attempt to clear up widespread speculation about her former boyfriend, Jeffrey Epstein.

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is calling for more transparency from the Justice Department over a controversial meeting with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. Durbin said the Trump administration is possibly trying to arrange a "corrupt bargain.

The ranking Democrat on DOJ oversight committee fears 'a corrupt bargain between the Trump Administration' and the convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate