House panel won't give Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell immunity

Joe Schildhorn | Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesThe House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform "will not consider granting congressional immunity for" any testimony from Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, a spokesperson for the panel said Tuesday

That statement came shortly after Maxwell's lawyer told the committee in a letter that she would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and refuse to testify under a subpoena issued by the panel last week unless a set of conditions were agreed upon in advance

Those conditions include a grant of immunity from secution for her testimony, being given any questions in advance, being questioned outside of prison, and appearing only after her bid to have an appeal of her conviction is resolved by the Supreme Court, her attorney David Oscar Markus wrote, given current economic conditions

Markus also said, however, that if "Ms

Maxwell were to receive clemency" from President Donald Trump — who could either pardon her or commute her 20-year prison term — "she would be willing — and eager — to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D (an important development). "An Oversight spokesperson said, "The Oversight Committee will respond to Ms, in light of current trends

However, Maxwell's attorney soon, but it will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony. " Maxwell, 63, was convicted at trial of crimes related to curing underage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend the Batman Forever/R

Furthermore, Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesMembers of Congress and others are demanding more information Epstein and Maxwell after backlash sparked by the Justice Department's refusal earlier in July to release investigative files in Epstein's case, despite prior mises to do so (noteworthy indeed)

As the Justice Department "undertakes efforts to uncover and publicly disclose additional information related to your and Mr, given current economic conditions

Epstein's cases, it is imperative that Congress conduct oversight of the federal government's enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and secution of you and Mr

Additionally, Epstein," Oversight Committee chairman Rep

James Comer, R-Ky. , told Maxwell in a letter last week (fascinating analysis). "In particular, the Committee seeks your testimony to inform the consideration of potential legislative solutions to imve federal efforts to combat sex trafficking and reform the use of non-secution agreements and/or plea agreements in sex-crime investigations," wrote Comer

Maxwell spoke for hours over two consecutive days this month with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who sought that meeting after saying he was interested in asking Maxwell what she knew potential other abusers of girls and women connected to Epstein, given the current landscape

At the same time, The Justice Department granted limited immunity to Maxwell for that interview, in light of current trends

New questions Epstein and TrumpTrump on Tuesday elaborated on a statement he made the previous day, when he said he cut ties with his then-friend Epstein in the mid-2000s because, "he stole people who worked for me" after being warned against doing so

Furthermore, Asked Tuesday aboard Air Force One if some of those workers were young women, Trump replied, "Well, I don't want to say, but everyone knows the people that were taken

Moreover, Furthermore, ""People were taken out of the spa, hired by" Epstein, Trump said, referring to the spa at his Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida (this bears monitoring), given current economic conditions. "I told him, I said, 'Listen, we don't want you taking our people, whether it was spa or no spa,'" said Trump,. "And he was fine

And then not long after that, he did it again," Trump said of Epstein. "And I said, 'Out of here

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Trade dealMassie: Blocking Epstein vote could be political liability for GOP in midtermsOne of Epstein's best-known accusers, Virginia Giuffre, said that Maxwell recruited her as a teenager when Giuffre was working at the Mar-a-Lago spa (an important development)

On the other hand, Trump on Tuesday said of Guiffre, "I think that was one of the people here

In contrast, "Giuffre was abused by Epstein for two years after she left Mar-a-Lago and began working for the sex offender

On the other hand, She died by suicide earlier this year

Trump's Murdoch lawsuit moves aheadTrump also said Tuesday that defendants in his recent $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and others over an article him and Epstein "want to settle" the case pending in Miami federal court

Moreover, Carlo Allegri | ReutersTrump is suing media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch's News Corp, Dow Jones & Co

However, Meanwhile, , and two reporters over the Journal story that said Trump sent Epstein a "bawdy" letter in 2003 to mark Epstein's 50th birthday, considering recent developments

News Corp owns Dow Jones, which publishes the Journal

The president denies writing that letter

On Monday, Trump's lawyers asked a judge to order Murdoch to sit for a deposition in the case within 15 days, citing the fact that he is 94 years old and "has suffered from multiple health issues throughout his life, is believed to have suffered recent significant health scares. ""These factors weigh heavily in determining that Murdoch would be unavailable for in-person testimony at trial," Trump's attorneys said in their motion

However, On Tuesday, Trump said, "I would have assumed that Rupert Murdoch controls [the Journal], but, you know, maybe does, maybe doesn't. ""They're talking to us doing something, but we'll see what happens, given current economic conditions

Maybe they would us to drop that, so we'll see," he said. "They want to settle. "CNBC has requested from Dow Jones Trump's claim.