Ghislaine Maxwell: could talking about Epstein be her get out of jail free card?

Donald Trump, battling to disentangle himself from the scandal surrounding the late sex offender, has mused about the prospect of pardoning the British socialite

Since Ghislaine Maxwell met with federal prosecutors last week, the imprisoned British socialite's legal team has portrayed her as a beacon of truth willing to discuss all matters related to her child sex-trafficking co-conspirator Jeffrey Epstein's many crimes.

Ghislaine answered every single question asked of her over the last day and a half. She answered those questions honestly, truthfully, to the best of her ability," attorney David Oscar Markus told reporters. She never invoked a privilege. She never refused to answer a question."

Maxwell's highly unusual two-day sit-down with the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche - who served as Donald Trump's criminal defense attorney before working for his justice department - came as the US president tiptoes through a political minefield related to Epstein and his own social links to the disgraced former financier.