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Vice President JD Vance reportedly suggested to his colleagues that far-right podcaster and political commentator Tucker Carlson should interview Ghislane Maxwell from prison to help the Trump administration put a rest to the Epstein files controversy, according to the New York Times.

In an article published Wednesday, the Times details how President Donald Trump's administration tried to confront the scandal of the files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.