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House panel to depose Ghislaine Maxwell on Feb. 9, Comer says
Maxwell's lawyers say invoking the Fifth Amendment is a legal necessity amid ongoing appeals and post-conviction litigation, with her 20-year sentence continuing in Texas prison.
- Next month, Maxwell's attorneys said she will invoke her Fifth Amendment rights during her deposition scheduled for Feb. 9, calling it a 'legal necessity,' Comer announced.
- Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence, has filed a federal court motion to vacate her 2022 conviction on five counts after the Supreme Court rejected her challenge in October.
- The committee subpoenaed Maxwell in July and postponed an August deposition as Rep. James Comer called her testimony vital to probing Jeffrey Epstein's 2007 non-prosecution agreement and death.
- With the Clintons' subpoenas unresolved, Comer announced they will face contempt votes after they failed to appear, and Ureña said they had no ties to Epstein for over 20 years.
- Maxwell's lawyers characterized the planned session as political theater, warning it would be a public spectacle, and a source familiar with planning said the public deposition will be virtual.
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