In an attempt to quell the MAGA base uproar over the Trump administration’s refusal to release the files of dead serial sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche held a second day of meetings on Friday with Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring with Epstein. Blanche, who is Trump’s former private attorney, met with Maxwell for nine hours at the federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida.

On Friday, Trump was questioned if he has considered pardoning Maxwell.

Kevin Liptak: “Would you consider a pardon or a commutation for Ghislaine Maxwell if she’s cooperating” —

President Donald Trump: “It’s something I haven’t thought about. It’s really something” —

Kevin Liptak: “If it’s recommended” —

President Donald Trump: “It’s something — I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about.”

We’ll have more on the Jeffrey Epstein case later in the program.