A CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor suggested Friday that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) ongoing discussions this week with convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell may just be an effort to "appease the critics."

"This is not realistically — given her credibility problems, given her past — going to result in DOJ in signing her up as a cooperator, giving her a sentencing break, indicting new people based on her, calling her as a witness at trial," Elie Honig said on "CNN News Central."

"It looks to me like they're........

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