An attorney for Jeffrey Epstein’s former accomplice and girlfriend told Republicans in Congress she would be happy to testify if President Donald Trump will let her out of prison.
In response to a subpoena, Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney said she would only answer lawmakers’ questions if she gets them in writing first and is also granted immunity from further prosecution ― demands lawmakers would likely refuse.
“Of course, in the alternative, if Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency, she would be willing ― and eager ― to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D.C.” Maxwell’s attorney, David Markus, said in his letter to House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.).
A spokesperson for Comer immediately rejected Maxwell’s demand for immunity: “The Oversight Committee will respond to Ms. Maxwell’s attorney soon, but it will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony.”
Top officials from the Justice Department already interviewed Maxwell at length last week as part of President Trump’s efforts to tamp down the right-wing furor over his administration’s refusal this month to release the government’s files on the Epstein case. Trump was friends with Epstein and his name reportedly pops up repeatedly in the files.
