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Speaker Johnson questions if Ghislaine Maxwell can ‘be counted on to tell the truth’
UNITED STATES, JUL 23 – Speaker Johnson raises doubts about Ghislaine Maxwell's trustworthiness as she prepares to testify on Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking network amid political pressure.
- On Aug. 11, Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence, is set to be deposed by the House Oversight Committee from a Florida prison.
- Amid demands for disclosure, Representative Thomas Massie introduced H.Res.581, which aims to make unclassified DOJ and FBI records on Epstein and Maxwell publicly searchable and downloadable.
- In pretrial filings, Republican Representative Tim Burchett described Maxwell as `a liar` and a `dirtbag`, while prosecutors and the trial judge noted she made multiple false statements under oath.
- With tensions mounting, and House Republicans may ask the Department of Justice to reduce Maxwell's sentence to gain Epstein files, Johnson questions her trustworthiness to testify.
- The Wall Street Journal confirmed President Donald Trump's name appears multiple times in the Epstein files, while Trump's base has clamored for more details since he backtracked in July.
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Mike Johnson perfectly explains the flaws in the GOP’s Ghislaine Maxwell gambit
House Speaker Mike Johnson explained — with perfect clarity — the obvious pitfalls in Republican-led efforts to question Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted child sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein accomplice, as President Donald Trump tries to quell the outcry over his administration’s handling of the Epstein case.
Can Ghislaine Maxwell be trusted to tell the truth about Jeffrey Epstein?
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