"Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in their relationships with Epstein."
"The House Oversight Committee had wanted Maxwell to answer questions during a video call to the federal prison camp in Texas where she's serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, but she invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be self-incriminating."
"Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump. He added that both Trump and Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing, but that Ms. Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation."
Ghislaine Maxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment right and declined to answer House Oversight Committee questions during a deposition by video from the federal prison camp in Texas. She is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking related to Jeffrey Epstein's abuses of underage girls. Maxwell's attorney David Oscar Markus released a statement saying she would speak fully and honestly and would testify that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton were innocent of wrongdoing if President Trump granted her clemency. Lawmakers are investigating how Epstein was able to abuse underage girls for years and are seeking anyone who may have facilitated his crimes. Democrats called Maxwell's offer a brazen clemency campaign.
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