Posted on 07/29/2025 6:21:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
"Any testimony she provides now could compromise her constitutional rights, prejudice her legal claims, and potentially taint a future jury pool," attorney David Oscar Marcus said
A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of the late financier and convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Tuesday demanded his client receive immunity to testify before the House Oversight Committee, after the panel subpoenaed her last week.
Maxwell – convicted on the charges in 2021 and now serving a 20-year prison sentence – returned to the public spotlight after the Trump Justice Department recently said it was closing an investigation on Epstein, despite President Trump and allies in the agency having vowed to further investigate Epstein, whose death in prison while awaiting trial on new charges was ruled a suicide.
Maxwell solicited and groomed young women for Epstein. A major issue among those who want the Epstein probe to continue is whether he indeed had a "client list" of powerful men for such women.
On Monday, she appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn her 2021 conviction for sex trafficking children.
Maxwell attorney David Oscar Marcus said in the appeal that his client's testimony to the committee could jeopardize efforts to overturn her conviction, The Hill news outlet reported.
“As you know, Ms. Maxwell is actively pursuing post-conviction relief—both in a pending petition before the United States Supreme Court and in a forthcoming habeas petition. Any testimony she provides now could compromise her constitutional rights, prejudice her legal claims, and potentially taint a future jury pool,” Marcus wrote.
“Public reports – including your own statements – indicate that the Committee intends to question Ms. Maxwell in prison and without a grant of immunity. Those are non-starters. Ms. Maxwell cannot risk further criminal exposure in a politically charged environment without formal immunity.”
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“Demands”?
Good for her.
I hope she gets immunity from suicide.
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Good points but she should be concerned about personal security more than anything else. I’m surprised she’s survived this long.
Why on earth would she testify in front of congress?
Need 2/3 of house committee to agree for immunity. That means Dems must agree to it. I don’t know if Dems will know what DOJ knows after their interview? DOJ should know whether it’s worth it.
If Dems don’t know what she’ll say or if Dems are involved and Trump isn’t, my guess is they won’t allow immunity as the price for testifying.
Thankfully, Massie is not on the oversight committee that would be interviews Maxwell. He’s on transportation and judiciary. He really should be on no committees.
He’s a zero and a pox on the conservative movement. He has less power because he’s not a team player. GOP should strip him of all committee assignments.
Wait, isn’t she already in jail. What does she need immunity from exactly? Is it being on double secret probation? Cause she is already there.
No clue.. why this 'woman' has done anything she has done before ... something out of the nether world. She is accustom to big time drama parties, and there is no place like the belly of Congress for high drama.
Crimes that she has yet to be prosecuted for that will be revealed through her testimony.
Especially if she has dirt on any of them…oh how they will squirm.
Gives her a chance to talk directly to her best customers.
I was wondering the same thing myself.
Seems like anything she would have to say would tend to incriminate her.
Also, unless she actually witnessed any person having sex with an underage victim, wouldn't her testimony be hearsay, not admissable anyway?
“Immunity”: protection from Hillary’s suicide squad.
“Ghislaine Maxwell demands immunity to testify before House panel after subpoena”
oh hell, just let her plead the 5th to every question ...
She was the architect of this getting girls for Jeffrey people want to know if there where others involved well goto the source and let her testify. They keep trying to pin Trump to this by simple guilt by association. Since she is petitioning for a possible pardon that tells you all you need to know about what Maxwell would say about trumps involvement which is backed up by both Epsteins attorneys.
Ghislaine Maxwell thinks she is above it all Epstein said to have gotten her protection in his sweetheart plea deal almost 20 years ago.
Dershowitz says she deserves commutation of her sentence so let’s all bow down and pardon her?
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