Maxwell's request for immunity rejected by House oversight committee

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-oversight-committee-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-request-immunity-rcna221773

WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday declined a request from Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to grant her immunity in exchange for testifying to Congress.

Maxwell's lawyers said in a letter Tuesday that Maxwell, an associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, would be willing to testify if she received formal immunity, alongside other requests.
If Maxwell "were to receive clemency, she would be willing — and eager — to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D.C.," her lawyers wrote. Otherwise, she would assert her Fifth Amendment rights and decline to testify, they said.

But a spokesperson for Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said the committee would respond to the letter "soon" but "will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony."

The committee subpoenaed Maxwell last week for a deposition from prison to take place on Aug. 11.