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Eugene

(66,434 posts) Fri Jul 25, 2025, 06:38 PM Jul 25

Maxwell's lawyer says she's undecided on appearing for congressional testimony

Source: Politico

Maxwell’s lawyer says she’s undecided on appearing for congressional testimony

The House Oversight Committee has been preparing to send attorneys to the prison where the Epstein associate is incarcerated in order to take testimony.

By Kyle Cheney and Meredith Lee Hill
07/25/2025 03:39 PM EDT

A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell said his client is still deciding whether she will honor a congressional subpoena demanding her testimony next month before House lawmakers.

“We have to make a decision about whether she will do that or not,” said David Oscar Markus, an attorney for Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and co-conspirator of the deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein. “That’s been scheduled for the week of August 11th and we haven’t gotten back to them on whether we’ll do that.”

Markus delivered these remarks after Maxwell completed a two-day interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as part of the Trump administration’s continued inquiry into the charges against Epstein’s circle.

The comments suggest Maxwell is weighing whether to assert privileges to resist the House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee’s effort to compel her testimony. Importantly, Maxwell is still appealing her conviction on the sex trafficking conspiracy that led to a 20-year jail sentence.

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Maxwell's lawyer says she's undecided on appearing for congressional testimony (Original Post) Eugene Jul 25 OP

She's just going to lie BlueKota Jul 25 #1

Jesus, what a sordid spectacle that would be. sop Jul 25 #2

Not sure what to make of this, but I like the idea of the oversight committee sending lawyers to prison. usonian Jul 25 #3

Well of course she is! She's angling for a pardon from Chump. hedda_foil Jul 25 #4

It UTUSN Jul 25 #5

Only if she has a written pardon in hand imo Arazi Jul 25 #6

Probably rightfully suspect of Trump keeping his word Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 25 #7

But she was happy to appear on behalf of the man with the pardon. spanone Jul 25 #8

BlueKota

(4,645 posts)

1. She's just going to lie

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 06:41 PM

Jul 25

even if she does appear.

sop

(16,234 posts)

2. Jesus, what a sordid spectacle that would be.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 06:44 PM

Jul 25

usonian

(20,987 posts)

3. Not sure what to make of this, but I like the idea of the oversight committee sending lawyers to prison.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 06:49 PM

Jul 25

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/oversight

oversight
noun
uk. /ˈəʊ.və.saɪt/
us /ˈoʊ.vɚ.saɪt/
oversight noun (MISTAKE)

a mistake made because of a failure to notice something:
They claimed it was simply (an) oversight.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a mistake

mistake It was just a silly mistake - no need to apologize.
error He admitted that he'd made an error.
blunder The company was struggling after a series of financial blunders.
slip It was an understandable slip.
mix-up There was a mix-up with the bags at the airport.
gaffe I made a real gaffe by calling her "Emma", which is the name of his previous girlfriend.

and other meanings ...

hedda_foil

(16,837 posts)

4. Well of course she is! She's angling for a pardon from Chump.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:26 PM

Jul 25

No way is she about to answer questions from Democrats when she can get a pardon by implicating every Dem his flunky asks about and denying any Trump participation in the nasty goings-on at Epstein's party palaces.