Maxwell's lawyer says she's undecided on appearing for congressional testimony

[Eugene]

Source: Politico

Maxwell’s lawyer says she’s undecided on appearing for congressional testimony

The House Oversight Committee has been preparing to send attorneys to the prison where the Epstein associate is incarcerated in order to take testimony.

By Kyle Cheney and Meredith Lee Hill
07/25/2025 03:39 PM EDT

A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell said his client is still deciding whether she will honor a congressional subpoena demanding her testimony next month before House lawmakers.

“We have to make a decision about whether she will do that or not,” said David Oscar Markus, an attorney for Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and co-conspirator of the deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein. “That’s been scheduled for the week of August 11th and we haven’t gotten back to them on whether we’ll do that.”

Markus delivered these remarks after Maxwell completed a two-day interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as part of the Trump administration’s continued inquiry into the charges against Epstein’s circle.

The comments suggest Maxwell is weighing whether to assert privileges to resist the House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee’s effort to compel her testimony. Importantly, Maxwell is still appealing her conviction on the sex trafficking conspiracy that led to a 20-year jail sentence.

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[BlueKota]

1. She's just going to lie

even if she does appear.

[sop]

2. Jesus, what a sordid spectacle that would be.

[usonian]

3. Not sure what to make of this, but I like the idea of the oversight committee sending lawyers to prison.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/oversight

oversight
noun
uk. /ˈəʊ.və.saɪt/
us /ˈoʊ.vɚ.saɪt/
oversight noun (MISTAKE)


a mistake made because of a failure to notice something:
They claimed it was simply (an) oversight.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a mistake

mistake It was just a silly mistake - no need to apologize.
error He admitted that he'd made an error.
blunder The company was struggling after a series of financial blunders.
slip It was an understandable slip.
mix-up There was a mix-up with the bags at the airport.
gaffe I made a real gaffe by calling her "Emma", which is the name of his previous girlfriend.

and other meanings ...

[hedda_foil]

4. Well of course she is! She's angling for a pardon from Chump.

No way is she about to answer questions from Democrats when she can get a pardon by implicating every Dem his flunky asks about and denying any Trump participation in the nasty goings-on at Epstein's party palaces.

[UTUSN]

5. It

[Arazi]

6. Only if she has a written pardon in hand imo

And if she gets the pardon without having to testify it means she had so much shit on Traitor she just dictated her terms of release.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Probably rightfully suspect of Trump keeping his word

[spanone]

8. But she was happy to appear on behalf of the man with the pardon.