Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and associate, has reemerged in recent days as a pivotal figure in what the White House hopes will be the cure for the threat to President Donald Trump’s relationship with his base.

The president responded to a question about the convicted child sex offenders by going off on an extended tirade about former President Obama.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he knows nothing about the Justice Department's wanting to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the New York financier sexually abuse underage girls and is in prison.