WASIHGTON.— This Monday, the accomplice of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwelltook advantage of the Fifth Amendment in the research carried out by Supervisory Committee of the United States House of Representatives and refused to answer questions, as his defense had already advanced.
Ghislaine Maxwell, who fulfills sentence of 20 years in prison for his participation in the sex trafficking ring of his partner, Jeffrey Epstein, intervened before legislators through a appearance by videoconference from a prison in Tallahassee, Florida.
Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer about Epstein before a legislative committee of the United States Congress, citing the 5th Amendment, invoking her legal right against self-incrimination.
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With their refusal to provide more data and details about the functioning of the corrupt network, one of the avenues that legislators wanted to open in the investigation they are carrying out in Congress is closed.
Offers to testify in exchange for a pardon
He Maxwell lawyer stated that his client is willing to testify freely to exchange of a pardonwhich can only grant the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Democrats accused Ghislaine Maxwell of using the statement as part of a campaign to obtain this pardon, which Trump has not publicly opposed so far.
For his part, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, the Republican James Comertold reporters that he did not believe Ghislaine Maxwell should be granted a pardon.
Members of Congress can begin reviewing uncensored versions of all of the deceased sex offender’s files in the possession of the Congress today. Department of Justice.
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