The House Oversight Committee has rejected a request from Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to grant her immunity in exchange for her testimony to Congress on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Maxwell’s legal team had pushed for clemency and a delayed deposition, but Chairman Comer’s office confirmed no immunity will be considered.
Key Facts:
- Ghislaine Maxwell was subpoenaed to testify before Congress on Aug. 11 regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.
- Her attorneys requested immunity and clemency in exchange for her cooperation, which the House Oversight Committee declined.
- Maxwell’s legal team cited legal and security risks and asked to review the questions in advance.
- They also requested a delay until the Supreme Court reviews her appeal based on a 2007 non-prosecution agreement.
- Maxwell’s attorneys claimed her 2021 sex trafficking conviction was unfair and that she was made a “scapegoat” after Epstein’s death.
The Rest of The Story
The House Oversight Committee, led by GOP Chairman James Comer, said it “will not consider” a request from Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys seeking immunity in exchange for her testimony to Congress.
The former accomplice and girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein was subpoenaed last week to testify before Congress from prison as part of a probe by lawmakers seeking to uncover more information about the disgraced financier’s sex crimes.
A subpoenaed deposition was scheduled for Aug. 11.
On Tuesday, Maxwell’s attorneys sent a letter to Chairman Comer indicating she would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights and stay silent in front of Congress unless an immunity request was agreed upon.
In Maxwell’s immunity request, her attorney’s offered clemency as a possible solution, indicating Maxwell “would be willing — and eager — to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress” if it were granted to her.
“The Oversight Committee will respond to Ms. Maxwell’s attorney soon, but it will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony,” a spokesperson told Fox News Digital after receiving the letter.
In their letter to Comer, Maxwell’s attorneys said their client’s testimony could pose both legal and security risks for their client.
Maxwell’s legal team also requested questions their client would be asked in advance of her testimony in front of Congress, but the Oversight spokesperson did not directly speak to that request.
Another request from Maxwell’s attorneys was that the deposition date be delayed until after the Supreme Court rules on Maxwell’s latest bid for an appeal.
On Monday, Maxwell’s attorneys asked the High Court to hear their client’s appeal in her 2021 sex trafficking conviction, arguing the federal government “has an obligation to honor” a 2007 non-prosecution agreement that they believe should shield her from criminal charges.
“Ms. Maxwell should never have been charged in the first place. In 2008, the United States government promised, in writing, that she would not be prosecuted,” Maxwell’s attorneys wrote in their correspondence to Comer, adding she did not receive a fair trial when convicted in the Southern District of New York for sex trafficking in 2021.
“[The government] broke that promise only after Mr. Epstein died in 2019, at which point Ms. Maxwell became a convenient scapegoat.”
According to the attorneys, during Maxwell’s case in the Southern District of New York, prosecutors “wrongfully convinced the trial judge to unfairly limit Ms. Maxwell from presenting her defense, and at least one juror lied about a material fact during voir dire in order to serve on the jury.”
Commentary
It’s no surprise that Maxwell’s team is trying to negotiate immunity in exchange for testimony.
This is the same woman convicted of sex trafficking who now claims she’s eager to cooperate — but only if she gets something in return.
Congress was right to reject that deal.
If Maxwell has valuable information, she should provide it without strings attached, especially considering the serious nature of the crimes tied to Epstein.
She’s not some minor player here. She was central to his operations and was convicted by a jury of her peers.
Now she wants to rewrite history, claim she’s a scapegoat, and leverage her position for clemency.
Sorry, but she lost that opportunity the moment she helped traffic underage girls.
If she truly has something useful to say, let her bring documents, evidence, names — something real. Until then, her testimony should not come at the cost of justice.
The Bottom Line:
Maxwell tried to leverage her testimony into a deal for immunity and clemency.
The House Oversight Committee wisely rejected that move.
While any new facts about Epstein’s operation are worth hearing, they shouldn’t come from a place of manipulation.
Let her sit in prison — unless she brings the truth, backed by proof.
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