House committee unlikely to interview Ghislaine Maxwell after her lawyer said she wouldn't answer questions [View all]
Source: NBC News
Nov. 21, 2025, 3:14 PM EST
WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee has shelved plans to depose convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator and confidant, after Maxwell informed the committee that she planned to plead the Fifth.
The Committee had intended to travel to Texas, where Maxwell is being held in a federal prison camp, to conduct the interview. But in an interview with Politico, Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said he is re-thinking those plans because of Maxwell’s decision not to answer any of the committee’s questions.
“Her lawyers have replied that she’s not going to answer any questions,” Comer told Politico. “She’s only going to plead the Fifth. I mean, I could spend a bunch of taxpayer dollars to send staff and members down there, and if she’s going to plead the Fifth, I don’t know that that’s a good investment.”
A spokesperson for the Oversight Committee confirmed the chairman’s remarks to NBC News.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-committee-unlikely-interview-ghislaine-maxwell-plead-fifth-rcna245173
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