Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is unsure whether she will comply with a recent congressional subpoena to testify about his abuse of girls and whether others were involved, amid continued pressure for the government to disclose more about the case. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to make a decision about whether she will do that or not,\u201d her attorney David Oscar Markus told Politico. \u201cThat\u2019s been scheduled for the week of August 11th and we haven\u2019t gotten back to them on whether we\u2019ll do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maxwell could invoke the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid testifying, while Congress could offer the former British socialite immunity.<\/p>\n
Maxwell is currently in a Florida federal prison serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse minors, which she has sought to overturn in the Supreme Court. Her lawyer said, Maxwell is hoping Donald Trump pardons her. <\/p>\n
A bipartisan group on the House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Maxwell amid renewed interest into the Epstein scandal. <\/p>\n
Maxwell sat with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in recent days for an in-depth interview in Florida. The interview featured Maxwell answering questions about \u201c100 different people,\u201d her lawyer said. DOJ officials spoke to her as fallout from the president\u2019s handling of releasing information in the Epstein case continues to mount. <\/p>\n
Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence in a Florida federal prison for conspiring with Epstein. Her lawyer says she might dodge a Congressional subpoena for her testimony. (US Department of Justice)Democrats have criticized Maxwell\u2019s conversations with the DOJ, arguing they are a conflict of interest given the political pressure the Trump administration is facing to disclose more about the Epstein case and Trump\u2019s personal relationship with the disgraced investor.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder no circumstances should anyone from Trump\u2019s DOJ be allowed to privately interview Ghislaine Maxwell,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on X of the interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conflict of interest is glaring. It stinks of high corruption.\u201d <\/p>\n
The battle over Epstein info has played out beyond just Congress, which House Speaker Mike Johnson broke early for an August recess as legislators pressured the administration to disclose the full Epstein files.<\/p>\n
Last week, President Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal\u2019s parent companies News Corp and Dow Jones, after the paper reported that Trump sent a \u2018bawdy\u2019 birthday letter to Epstein. The president has denied the letter is valid.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump has faced fury from his MAGA base over the handling of the Epstein investigation. (AP)The Epstein saga has created a rare wedge between Trump and members of his base and party.<\/p>\n
Trump and his allies campaigned on releasing more information about Epstein, and initially, the White House made steps toward fulfilling that promise, releasing what it called \u201cPhase 1\u201d of the Epstein files to a group of conservative commentators and online personalities in February. However, most of it was redacted or already disclosed. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced there was no \u201cEpstein client list\u201d despite speculation, and that no more disclosures would be made about the case, infuriating parts of the MAGA base.<\/p>\n
The president has chastised his own supporters for their intrigue over Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial, calling the scandal a Democrat-led \u201cscam\u201d and \u201ccon job.\u201d<\/p>\n
The president, who has previously denied being mentioned in the Epstein files, was in fact told by the Justice Department he was one of numerous high-profile figures mentioned in the course of investigations into Epstein, the Wall Street Journal has reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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