The Justice Department’s No. 2 official has met with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche traveled to meet Maxwell in Tallahassee, Fla., where she is serving a 20-year sentence for her 2021 conviction on sex trafficking and other offenses for facilitating Epstein’s sexual abuse of underage teens.

The meeting between Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Maxwell occurred in downtown Tallahassee at the U.S. attorney's office, which is located inside the federal courthouse, sources familiar with the matter said. Maxwell initiated the meeting, multiple sources told ABC News.