The government released its full interview with Maxwell, which Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted over the course of two days in July, after the DOJ said it would interview Maxwell amid the public outcry over the agency refusing to release its full files on Epstein to the public.

The G.O.P. chairman of a key House panel was forced to issue the subpoena after a few Republicans banded together with Democrats to push it through.

The Department of Justice was to begin sending some of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday.