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. 

Trump’s Department of Justice has been met with bipartisan fallout over how it has managed the release of the Epstein files, which seek to shed more light on a figure viewed by many in the president’s base as a shadowy figure emblematic of the deep state’s elitist control over domestic and international issues.