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.

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has theorized that House Republicans declared an early summer recess not only to avoid voting on the Epstein files, but also to give President Donald Trump time to prepare documents to pardon Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.