Maxwell attorney says client still undecided on testifying to Congress

Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney, David Oscar Markus, on Friday told reporters that his client had not made any decision on whether she would comply with a House Oversight subpoena to testify next month about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued the subpoena for Maxwell's deposition on Wednesday, which would take place at the same federal prison where Maxwell is serving her 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking and related offenses.  

“We have to make a decision about whether she will do that or not,” Markus said, per Politico. “That’s been scheduled for the week of August 11th and we haven’t gotten back to them on whether we’ll do that.”

The pending deposition comes after Maxwell met with top Justice Department officials, including Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, for two days to answer their questions. Maxwell did not invoke the Fifth Amendment on either day.

Maxwell is also still in the process of appealing her sex-trafficking conviction, and participating in a Congressional deposition without asserting her Fifth Amendment rights could interfere with her ability to get the conviction overturned.

Markus said the Trump administration has not offered his client a pardon, so far, and President Donald Trump said that he has not considered pardoning Maxwell.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.