US EditionMaxwell to plead Fifth in House Epstein investigation: Comer
Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to testify before the House Oversight Committee, invoking her Fifth Amendment right amid demands for immunity and advance access to questions, said Chairman Comer.
- On Friday, the House Oversight Committee shelved plans to depose Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted Epstein co‑conspirator, after she said she would invoke the Fifth Amendment.
- Maxwell's legal team argued she would invoke the Fifth Amendment unless granted immunity from further criminal proceedings and received the advance provision of committee questions.
- Earlier this year, Maxwell sat for a two-day interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed her, planning to travel to Texas for an interview.
- Chairman James Comer said the panel will not accept Maxwell's conditions and is rethinking plans, arguing it wastes taxpayer money if she pleads the Fifth, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.
- Now held in Texas, Maxwell is reportedly preparing a commutation application to President Trump amid allegations of favorable treatment, while the Supreme Court rejected her request earlier this year and the White House declined to comment.
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Maxwell to plead Fifth in House Epstein investigation: Comer
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said that the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell will “plead the Fifth” against congressional investigators. “Her lawyers have replied that she’s not going to answer any questions,” Comer told Politico in an interview Friday. “She’s only going to plead the Fifth.” …
House Panel Gives Up on Maxwell Testifying
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will not answer questions from the House Oversight Committee about Epstein or the Justice Department's handling of his case, the panel's chairman said. Republican Rep. James Comer said Maxwell's legal team informed him that she will invoke her Fifth Amendment...
Washington, Nov 21 (EFE).- Ghislaine Maxwell, former partner and accomplice of the late sex offender pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, will refuse to answer questions in the House of Representatives' investigation into the case, according to Republican Senator James Comer. Eating, in charge of the Oversight Committee, told U.S. media this Friday that Maxwell will resort to the right to “not self-incriminate” based on the fifth amendment to a summons by…
Maxwell would plead Fifth if questioned in Epstein investigation
Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, would assert her Fifth Amendment right if interviewed by the House Oversight Committee, according to a source familiar. Comer has issued multiple subpoenas in the investigation into Epstein since July, with Maxwell being one of them. Epstein’s associate was moved to a federal prison camp in Texas earlier this year, which is deemed “low-security” and only houses women. As…
Maxwell to Plead Fifth as Epstein Files Ordered Released
The legal team for Ghislaine Maxwell says she will refuse to answer questions from the U.S. House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and the Justice Department’s handling of his case. Oversight Chair James Comer told Politico that Maxwell will invoke her Fifth Amendment rights.Comer said Maxwell’s lawyers informed the committee she will not testify without immunity, which lawmakers are unwilling to grant. Maxwell is serving…
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