Ghislaine Maxwell to sit for House Oversight Committee grilling in Epstein probe

Lawmakers on the Home Oversight Committee are anticipated to come back face-to-face Monday with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious confederate who was sentenced to twenty years in jail for conspiring with the late billionaire pedophile.

Maxwell will seem nearly earlier than the congressional panel at 10 a.m. ET as she is at present serving her sentence in a Texas jail. Her assertion will happen behind closed doorways, that means it won’t be seen publicly until the committee chooses to launch video footage after the very fact.

It’s going to seemingly be a brief appointment, with Maxwell anticipated to plead the Fifth Modification to keep away from answering questions.

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell have been each indicted on federal intercourse trafficking fees stemming from Epstein’s years of abusing underage ladies. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan through Getty Pictures)

Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., introduced that lawmakers would hear from Maxwell at a gathering about holding former President Invoice Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to look earlier than his Epstein investigation.

“We have been making an attempt to get her to make a deposition. Our legal professionals have stated she’s going to plead the Fifth, however we have set a date, February 9, for Ghislaine Maxwell to be deposed by this committee,” Comer stated final month.

Nevertheless, contempt proceedings in opposition to the Clintons stalled after they agreed by way of their legal professionals to look in individual on Capitol Hill simply days earlier than the complete Home of Representatives was set to vote on referring the couple to the Division of Justice (DOJ) for legal fees.

Home Oversight Committee Chairman Consultant James Comer speaks to the media on the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing on July 24, 2025 in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Pictures)

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Comer’s staff had been arguing with Maxwell’s lawyer for months to discover a date for her to talk with the fee’s legal professionals.

He agreed to postpone her beforehand scheduled deposition in August after her legal professional requested him to attend till after the Supreme Courtroom determined whether or not it will hear her attraction. The Supreme Courtroom dismissed Maxwell’s case in October.

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The previous British socialite was discovered responsible in December 2021 of complicity in Epstein’s scheme to sexually visitors and exploit feminine minors.

The Justice Division launched a trove of Epstein paperwork on December 19, following President Trump’s signing of the Epstein Information Transparency Act in November. (Patrick McMullan through Getty Pictures)

The DOJ stated on the time of her sentencing that Maxwell “enticed and groomed minor ladies to be abused in a number of methods.”

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Epstein was awaiting trial when he dedicated suicide in a New York Metropolis jail in 2019.

Her assertion is a part of the Home Oversight Committee’s months-long investigation into how the federal government dealt with Epstein’s case.