Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving 20 years in prison for recruiting underage girls for the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has agreed to appear before a US congressional committee next month.
The British former socialite is scheduled to appear virtually to testify under oath before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on 9 February.
However her lawyers have indicated she plans to invoke her Fifth Amendment right, which means she can decline to answer any questions and remain silent.
Committee chairman James Comer said Maxwell’s lawyers had indicated she plans to invoke her right against self-incrimination.
“I agree we need to hear from Ghislaine Maxwell,” Comer said. “We’ve been trying to get her in for a deposition.”
“Her lawyers have made it clear that she’s going to plead the Fifth. I hope she changes her mind, because I want to hear from her.”
The move comes amid mounting pressure from Democrats to press contempt of Congress charges against Maxwell, and also from US attorney general Pam Bondi over the delayed release of Epstein-related documents.
Maxwell was originally served with a subpoena in July 2025 to appear the following month, but the committee has refused to grant her immunity in return for testimony.
In November The i Paper revealed how prison inmates at the minimum-security Prison Camp Bryan in Texas were “petrified” of Maxwell.
In another development, the US House committee advanced resolutions to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Epstein investigation.
The move came after after both declined to comply with subpoenas calling them to testify before Congress over their friendships with Epstein.
In a rare departure from party lines, some Democrats supported the contempt measures against the Clintons, and used the vote to emphasise the need for full transparency in the Epstein investigation.
The Clintons have challenged the subpoenas, saying they serve no legislative purpose.
They have both have submitted written statements to the committee and have had lawyers negotiating with Comer behind the scenes.
Angel Urena, a spokesman for the Clintons, said in a post on X that the pair had tried to help with the investigation but “both Clintons have been out of office for over a decade. Neither had anything to do with him for more than 20 years”.
The Oversight Committee is examining Epstein’s network and the government’s handling of records tied to the case.
It comes amid mounting criticism of the US Justice Department over its failure to make public all Epstein-related documents.
Only a fraction of the documents, which US law mandates should only be withheld to protect victims’ identities or active criminal investigations, have been published.
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