{"id":34243,"date":"2026-02-10T00:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=34243"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:02:19","slug":"ghislaine-maxwell-told-lawmakers-trump-clinton-innocent-of-any-wrongdoing-regarding-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=34243","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell told lawmakers Trump, Clinton \u2018innocent of any wrongdoing\u2019 regarding Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House Oversight Committee\u2019s deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell ended less than an hour after it began on Monday morning, when the convicted accomplice of the late Jeffrey Epstein pleaded the Fifth Amendment.
\nMaxwell appeared before lawmakers virtually for a closed-door interview in the House bipartisan probe into the federal government\u2019s handling of Epstein\u2019s case.
\nHer attorney apparently told lawmakers, however, that she could not implicate neither President Donald Trump nor former President Bill Clinton in any wrongdoing.
\n\u2018[B]oth President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing. Ms. Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation,\u2019 lawyer David Oscar Markus posted on X after the deposition.<\/p>\n

Markus also told lawmakers that she would only answer questions if her prison sentence was cut short by Trump, according to the statement.
\n\u2018If this Committee and the American public truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened, there is a straightforward path. Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump. \u00a0 Only she can provide the complete account. Some may not like what they hear, but the truth matters,\u2019 his statement said.
\nMaxwell is currently serving out a 20-year sentence at a Texas prison.
\n\u2018As expected, Ghislaine Maxwell took the fifth and refused to answer any questions. This is obviously very disappointing,\u2019 House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told reporters after the deposition. \u2018We had many questions to ask about the crime she and Epstein committed, as well as questions about potential co-conspirators. We sincerely want to get to the truth for the American people and justice for the survivors.\u2019
\nComer said Maxwell\u2019s lawyer told the committee that she would only answer questions if she was granted clemency by President Donald Trump.
\nMaxwell did say through her attorney, however, that neither Trump nor\u00a0
\nDemocrats on the panel, who spoke after Comer, accused Maxwell of trying to lobby for a pardon and demanded that Trump publicly rule out the possibility.
\n\u2018What we did get was another episode in her long-running campaign for clemency from President Trump, and President Trump could end that today,\u2019 said Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va. \u2018He could rule out clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, the monster. The question for all of us today is why hasn\u2019t he done that?\u2019<\/p>\n

The former British socialite was found guilty in December 2021 of being an accomplice in Epstein\u2019s scheme to sexually traffic and exploit female minors.
\nThe DOJ said at the time of her sentencing that Maxwell \u2018enticed and groomed minor girls to be abused in multiple ways.\u2019
\nComer announced lawmakers would hear from Maxwell late last month during a meeting on holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to appear for his Epstein probe.
\n\u2018We\u2019ve been trying to get her in for a deposition. Our lawyers have been saying that she\u2019s going to plead the Fifth, but we have nailed down a date, Feb. 9, where Ghislaine Maxwell will be deposed by this committee,\u2019 Comer said at the time.
\nContempt proceedings against the Clintons stalled, however, after they agreed via their attorneys to appear in person on Capitol Hill just days before the full House of Representatives was expected to vote on referring the pair to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges.
\nComer\u2019s team had been in a back-and-forth with Maxwell\u2019s attorney for months trying to nail down a date for her to speak to committee lawyers.
\nHe agreed to delay her previous planned deposition in August after her lawyer asked him to wait until after the Supreme Court decided whether it would hear her appeal. The Supreme Court turned down Maxwell\u2019s case in October.
\nShe and the Clintons\u2019 depositions are part of the House Oversight Committee\u2019s months-long probe into how the government handled Epstein\u2019s case.\u00a0
\nComer told reporters on Monday that five more depositions would happen in the coming weeks including former Victoria\u2019s Secret CEO Les Wexner on Feb. 18, Hillary Clinton on Feb. 26, Bill Clinton on Feb. 27, Epstein accountant Richard Khan on March 11, and Epstein attorney Darren Indyke on March 19.<\/p>\n

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