On Monday, Epstein enabler and companion Ghislaine Maxwell appeared before the House Oversight Committee. Her grilling by House Oversight lasted about an hour, and the results were distinctly underwhelming due to Maxwell's repeated invocation of the Fifth Amendment.
The House Oversight Committee's deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell ended less than an hour after it began on Monday morning, when the convicted accomplice of the late Jeffrey Epstein pleaded the Fifth Amendment.
Maxwell appeared before lawmakers virtually for a closed-door interview in the House bipartisan probe into the federal government's handling of Epstein's case.
She is currently serving out a 20-year sentence at a Texas prison.
This was, of course, expected: a one-hour session that resulted in no new information. There is, however, one interesting bit: Maxwell's appearance seems to have accomplished the impossible — it resulted in Republican and Democratic leadership agreeing on something:
Both House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a member of the committee, said they expected Maxwell to plead the Fifth Amendment in the lead-up to her scheduled sit-down.
The former British socialite was found guilty in December 2021 of being an accomplice in Epstein's scheme to sexually traffic and exploit female minors.
The DOJ said at the time of her sentencing that Maxwell "enticed and groomed minor girls to be abused in multiple ways."
Twenty years seems an insufficient sentence for grooming minor girls, but at least she's looking at bars from the wrong side — well, for her it's the right side — for now. I'd speculate as to how easily she faces herself in the mirror in the mornings, but anyone who would do the things Maxwell was convicted of is probably not long on conscience.
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We might remember that former President Bill Clinton and history's least capable Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are also embroiled in this matter, in precisely what way and to what depth we don't yet know. But House Oversight is pushing them as well.
Contempt proceedings against the Clintons stalled, however, after they agreed via their attorneys to appear in person on Capitol Hill just days before the full House of Representatives was expected to vote on referring the pair to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges.
Comer's team had been in a back-and-forth with Maxwell's attorney for months trying to nail down a date for her to speak to committee lawyers.
He agreed to delay her previous planned deposition in August after her lawyer asked him to wait until after the Supreme Court decided whether it would hear her appeal. The Supreme Court turned down Maxwell's case in October.
She and the Clintons' depositions are part of the House Oversight Committee's months-long probe into how the government handled Epstein's case.
In the case of the Clintons, I wouldn't necessarily expect a Fifth Amendment invocation, but it will be surprising to see anything other than a flood of answers along the lines of "I can't remember," and "I don't recall."
This thing looks like it's going to drag on for some time. Stay tuned — as things develop, we'll be bringing you the news.
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