New Delhi, July 25 -- A top Justice Department official met on Thursday (July 24) with Ghislaine Maxwell - the convicted accomplice of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein - as President Donald Trump faces mounting scrutiny over his alleged connections to the decades-old sex trafficking scandal.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously served as Trump's personal lawyer in multiple federal criminal cases, conducted the meeting with Maxwell at a federal courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida, according to a report from NBC News.

Blanche confirmed the meeting was part of an ongoing effort to follow up on leads from Epstein's network.

"If Ghislaine Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI ...