Ghislaine Maxwell Threatens to Plead the Fifth During Congressional Testimony — Unless These Terms Are Met…

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Ghislaine Maxwell — Jeffrey Epstein’s partner-in-crime — is now setting terms for her upcoming Congressional testimony on August 11th.

Her lawyers says that she will plead the Fifth before the House Oversight Committee, unless a list of demands are granted.

Here’s her list of terms:

BREAKING on MSNBC: Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers just told the House Oversight Committee she’ll plead the Fifth unless she gets:

– Immunity

– Questions in advance

– Testify outside of prison

– And her other court petitions resolved

The woman who trafficked girls for Epstein is setting terms to speak.

Maxwell’s lawyers say that immunity for her testimony and testifying outside of prison are non-negotiable.

The other two requests appear to have a bit more leeway. However, the resolution of her court petitions would be tough to do.

As it stands, SCOTUS is not likely to review her petition until October.

Alternatively, Maxwell’s lawyer says that if she is granted clemency, then she would be willing to testify completely honestly and openly.

The New York Post has more details on Maxwell’s demands:

Defense lawyer David Oscar Markus told the Republican-led House Oversight Committee that his client’s statements under oath “could compromise her constitutional rights, prejudice her legal claims, and potentially taint a future jury pool.”

“Accordingly, our initial reaction was that Ms. Maxwell would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights and decline to testify at this time,” Markus wrote to Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.).

“However, after further reflection, we would like to find a way to cooperate with Congress if a fair and safe path forward can be established.”

The demands listed in the letter include two items that Markus deemed non-negotiable: a grant of immunity for Maxwell and testifying outside the Florida federal prison where she’s been serving a 20-year sentence since 2022 for conspiring with Epstein to abuse young girls.

Before that, the 63-year-old had spent nearly two years in a Brooklyn detention facility, which her attorney called “one of the worst” prisons in the US.

The committee should also provide copies of its questions in advance, Markus said, “to identify the relevant documentation from millions of pages that could corroborate her responses.”

And Oversight lawmakers were asked to meet with Maxwell only “after the resolution of her Supreme Court petition and her forthcoming habeas petition.”

“Of course, in the alternative, if Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency,” Markus hinted, “she would be willing—and eager—to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D.C.”

Notably, Ghislaine Maxwell was already granted limited immunity during her meeting with a DOJ official last week.

Perhaps that is why she felt so comfortable spilling everything on 100 Epstein-linked individuals that she was asked about.

However, at the moment, the House Oversight Committee says they are not considering giving Maxwell immunity for her testimony.

Per CNN:

Her attorneys noted Maxwell is currently appealing her conviction to the Supreme Court and argued that “any testimony she provides now could compromise her constitutional rights, prejudice her legal claims, and potentially taint a future jury pool.”

“Compounding these concerns are public comments from members of Congress that appear to have prejudged Ms. Maxwell’s credibility without even listening to what she has to say or evaluating the extensive documentation that corroborates it,” the letter states.

An Oversight Committee spokeswoman on Tuesday rejected the idea of giving Maxwell immunity. “The Oversight Committee will respond to Ms. Maxwell’s attorney soon, but it will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony,” the spokeswoman said.

“I don’t think there are many Republicans that want to give immunity to someone that may have been sex trafficking children,” Comer told CNN last week.

Of course, President Trump could overrule all of this by pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell.

He’s been asked about whether or not he would consider granting her a pardon or clemency and has not ruled it out.

Newsweek noted:

President Donald Trump has not pardoned Maxwell, but he has commented on the possibility while speaking to the press.

“Well, I’m allowed to give her a pardon but nobody’s approached me with it, nobody’s asked me about it,” Trump told reporters on Monday. “It’s in the news about that—that aspect of it, but right now it would be inappropriate to talk about it.”

On Friday, Trump told reporters, “I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about.”

What are your thoughts?

Should Ghislaine Maxwell’s list of demands be met?

Do you think it’s a good idea for President Trump to pardon her in exchange for her Congressional testimony?

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