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 a 20-year federal sentence tied to Epstein’s trafficking network and is held at a prison camp in Texas, as noted in the Politico report.
The development comes as Congress and President Donald Trump have ordered the Justice Department to release its full archive of Epstein-related documents within 30 days. Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Wednesday, requiring DOJ to begin publishing all unclassified Epstein records, including investigative materials and internal communications.
Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
