Ghislaine Maxwell has informed Congress that she is willing to testify regarding her involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein case, but only under a number of stringent requirements, including as prior questions, formal immunity, and a wait until the U.S. Supreme Court considers her appeal.
After a subpoena demanding her testimony next month, her attorneys presented the offer in a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Tuesday. The letter threatened that Maxwell would use her Fifth Amendment right to silence if her requirements were not fulfilled.
Among the main demands are that the Oversight Committee supply all questions in advance and that she not be questioned within the Florida prison where she is serving her 20-year term.
According to NBC News:
The conditions David Oscar Markus set for Ghislaine Maxwell, his client, to testify before Congress in person in exchange for Congressional immunity have been rejected by the House Oversight Committee.
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July 29, 2025, Taste Subjective (@TasteSubjective)
Her legal team emphasized that the interview should only take place following her filing a habeas corpus petition and the Supreme Court’s decision on her appeal, which is probably not going to happen until October. The letter demanded a fair and secure course of action, stating that surprise questioning would be improper and ineffective.
CNN reports that the committee promptly denied her plea for immunity. According to a spokeswoman, the Oversight Committee will reply to Ms. Maxwell’s lawyer shortly, but it will not take congressional immunity for her testimony into consideration.
In a more direct statement to CNN last week, Chairman Comer stated, “I don’t think many Republicans want to give immunity to someone who may have been sex trafficking children.”
The public’s increasing interest in the Epstein case and pressure on lawmakers to reveal the full scope of Maxwell’s influential ties coincide with his willingness to testify. Although she is still a divisive figure, the convicted sex trafficker’s motivations for providing testimony—conditioning it on legal protections—are already being questioned.
At Mar-a-Lago, where she was employed at the time, Ghislaine Maxwell met 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre, who was then sex trafficked to Jeffrey Epstein.
She responded, “I would like to see Ghislaine stay in jail forever,” when asked what justice would mean to her.
Bypic.twitter.com/Dezj4QrXh9, Virginia passed away.
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Maxwell was found guilty on five federal counts in 2021 of grooming and trafficking minors for Jeffrey Epstein from 1994 to 2004. She recruited vulnerable youngsters under the pretense of giving them modeling or massage jobs, according to the prosecution, who claimed she was a key player in Epstein’s abuse scheme.
She was convicted on three charges of conspiracy, sex trafficking of a juvenile, and transporting a minor with the intent to commit a crime involving sexual behavior.
As a scapegoat for Epstein, who passed away in jail in 2019 in what was officially declared a suicide, Maxwell has insisted on her innocence.Her supporters contend that government overreach and media pressure compromised her trial. She is presently planning more legal challenges and appealing her conviction to the Supreme Court, which her lawyers claim would be jeopardized if she were required to testify right away.
Additionally, lawmakers were criticized of determining Maxwell’s reliability too soon in the letter to Congress. Her lawyers stated that Ms. Maxwell’s evidence is backed up by a wealth of material, but that public remarks made by members of Congress seem to have biased her credibility before they had even heard her words.
Epstein survivor Regarding Ghislaine Maxwell, Sarah Ransome said that she bears just as much, if not more, responsibility than Jeffrey. Ghislaine should spend the rest of her life in prison, in my opinion. only due to the fact that she is so ill. With her on the street, the public is not safe.cFTQ71COLD (pic.twitter.com).
July 28, 2025, Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_)
Maxwell’s defense team made a direct plea for pardon to President Donald Trump in a dramatic closing line. The letter stated that Ms. Maxwell would be more than happy to testify candidly and freely in front of Congress in Washington, D.C., if she were granted clemency. She is excited about the chance to tell the truth and to clear up the numerous misunderstandings and false claims that have dogged this case from the start.
Trump hasn’t completely ruled it out yet. Earlier this year, when questioned about Maxwell, he replied, “We’ll see what happens,” and characterized her trial as challenging. When he wished Maxwell well after her detention in 2020, he stirred up controversy during his administration.
The stalemate between Maxwell and lawmakers could get more heated in the coming weeks as her next hearing before the Oversight Committee is set for August 11.
