President Donald Trump may be counting on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's top accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, to bail him out of one of the worst scandal of his political career, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.

Justice Department officials interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday. Senators used a similar approach in the past to overcome a stalemate on judicial nominations.

A second meeting between Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche took place on Friday for about three hours.

Glenn Thrush, New York Times Justice Department Reporter and Vaughn Hillyard, MSNBC White House Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with more fallout from the story that the Trump Administration cannot

Ghislaine] was vicious. She was evil. Put it this way, Epstein was Pinocchio and she was Geppetto. She was the guy controlling the strings,” Virginia Giuffre once said.

The latest effort by Trump subordinates is intended to quell a political crisis precipitated by the department’s announcement that it would not release more files related to the Epstein investigation.

President Trump's Deputy Attorney General is meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell for the second time today. NBC News' Ryan Reilly reports the latest. New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker and former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg join Ana Cabrera to weigh in on what could come out of these meetings.