{"id":2468500,"date":"2025-07-30T06:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-agrees-to-testify-before-congress-but-only-if-her-major-demands-are-met\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:54:48","slug":"ghislaine-maxwell-agrees-to-testify-before-congress-but-only-if-her-major-demands-are-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-agrees-to-testify-before-congress-but-only-if-her-major-demands-are-met\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghislaine Maxwell Agrees to Testify Before Congress, But Only If Her Major Demands Are Met"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fghislaine-maxwell-agrees-to-testify-before-congress-but-only-if-her-major-demands-are-met%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2468500&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is refusing to testify before the House Oversight Committee unless granted immunity. After being subpoenaed to testify about Jeffrey Epstein, Maxwell&#8217;s attorneys responded that she will not participate without formal immunity due to risks of further criminal exposure and concerns over the prison interview setting. Her lawyer also expressed frustration over members of congress prejudging her credibility and highlighted her pending Supreme Court appeal. however, Maxwell is willing to testify openly in public before Congress if granted clemency. Maxwell, currently serving a 20-year sentence, has claimed mistreatment during pretrial detention and denied receiving a fair trial. The renewed congressional interest in Epstein-related material follows public outrage after the Justice Department said it would not release further information.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell says it is her way or no way after House Republicans desperate to pry loose information about Jeffrey Epstein subpoenaed her to testify.<\/p>\n<p>But her attorneys&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26035113-maxwellcomer072925\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to the House Oversight Committee saying immunity is on her shopping list is receiving a cold response, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-oversight-committee-rejects-ghislaine-maxwells-request-immunity-rcna221773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The committee &ldquo;will not consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxwell-dangles-epstein-testimony-in-exchange-for-advanced-questions\/\" title=\"Maxwell dangles ... testimony in exchange for advanced questions\">granting congressional immunity<\/a> for her testimony,&rdquo; a spokesperson told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Committee Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, referencing media accounts suggesting Maxwell was oh-so-happy to talk to Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025.07.23-Subpoena-Cover-Letter-to-Maxwell-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote to Maxwell<\/a> saying the panel would subpoena her for an interview at the federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell is serving her 20-year sentence after being found guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-woman-on-death-row-request-president-trump-grant-clemency-a-week-before-execution\/\" title=\"Lawyers for woman on death row request President Trump grant clemency a week before execution\">sex trafficking<\/a> in partnership with Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail while awaiting trial in 2019.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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he wrote in the letter dated Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ms. Maxwell cannot risk further criminal exposure in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-was-awarded-1-million-for-defending-science-and-speaking-truth-to-power-why\/\" title=\"Fauci Was Awarded  Million For \u2018Defending Science\u2019 And \u2018Speaking Truth To Power.\u2019 Why?\">politically charged environment<\/a> without formal immunity,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nor is a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prison setting conducive<\/a> to eliciting truthful and complete testimony. The potential for leaks from such a setting creates real security risks and undermines the integrity of the process,&rdquo; Markus wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that he was aghast that some members of Congress &ldquo;appear to have prejudged Ms. Maxwell&rsquo;s credibility without even listening to what she has to say or evaluating the extensive documentation that corroborates it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Noting that Maxwell has an appeal pending before the Supreme Court as she tries to wipe away her conviction, he wrote, &ldquo;Any testimony she provides now could compromise her constitutional rights, prejudice her legal claims, and potentially taint a future jury pool.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thus, he said, if House members want to talk, they can hear Maxwell claim her Fifth Amendment rights as often as they want.<\/p>\n<p>But he had an offer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency, she would be willing &mdash; and eager &mdash; to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D.C. She welcomes the opportunity to  the truth and to dispel the many misconceptions and misstatements that have plagued this case from the beginning,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Markus used the occasion to say Maxwell has been mistreated, saying she spent &ldquo;nearly two years in pretrial detention under conditions that violated her constitutional rights and were, by any objective measure, torturous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ms. Maxwell did not receive a fair trial,&rdquo; he said, asserting that a 2008 document claimed she would not be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell met recently with Deputy Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-doj-offered-ghislaine-maxwell-partial-immunity-get-bottom-epstein-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Todd Blanche<\/a> as part of the Justice Department&rsquo;s effort to find information that can be released on Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed interest in material that can be made public came after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republican-congressman-epstein-files-existed-destroyed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Department memo<\/a> saying it had no client list and would release no more information on Epstein caused public outrage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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