“Ms. Maxwell Should Never Have Been Charged”: Ghislaine Maxwell Demands Immunity and Clemency Before Testifying to Congress

Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team has issued a firm list of conditions that must be met before she will agree to testify before Congress, warning that her appearance could “compromise her constitutional rights, prejudice her legal claims, and potentially taint a future jury pool.”

In a letter addressed to House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) on Tuesday, attorneys David Oscar Markus, Leah Saffian, and Melissa Madrigal outlined Maxwell’s demands, making it clear that she would invoke her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent unless specific protections were granted. The letter was obtained by Politico’s Josh Gerstein.

“First, 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,” the attorneys wrote.

The letter insists that Maxwell will not testify in a prison setting or without immunity or clemency from former President Donald Trump. Her lawyers are also demanding that all questions be submitted in advance to avoid what they call “a game of cat-and-mouse.”

“Years after the original events and well beyond the criminal trial, this process cannot become a game of cat-and-mouse. Surprise questioning would be both inappropriate and unproductive,” the attorneys stated.

Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking minors in connection with Jeffrey Epstein, is also awaiting a possible review of her case by the U.S. Supreme Court. According to her attorneys, she will not testify until the court has heard her appeal unless she receives clemency.

“Of course, in the alternative, if Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency, she would be willing and eager to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D.C. She welcomes the opportunity to share the truth and to dispel the many misconceptions and misstatements that have plagued this case from the beginning,” the letter continued.

The attorneys also argued that Maxwell “should never have been charged in the first place,” referencing a 2008 agreement by the U.S. government that allegedly promised she would not be prosecuted. “It broke that promise only after Mr. Epstein died in 2019 at which point Ms. Maxwell became a convenient scapegoat,” they wrote.

President Trump, who remains an influential figure in Republican politics, has not ruled out the possibility of granting Maxwell a pardon.

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