In a session that will be held behind closed doors via video call from her prison in Texas, Geoffrey Epstein's partner, Guyline Maxwell, will testify before a committee of the US House of Representatives, but she previously stated that she will resort to her right to remain silent. While her defense demanded criminal immunity from Congress in exchange for her testimony. Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sexual exploitation.
Published on: 09/02/2026 - 08:59
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Geoffrey Epstein's partner, Jaylene Maxwell, is expected to testify before a US House of Representatives committee on Monday, but she previously stated that she would exercise her right to remain silent.
This session, which will be held behind closed doors via video call from her prison in Texas (south), comes in the midst of the turmoil resulting from the publication by the Ministry of Justice on January 30 of huge amounts of documents related to the Epstein case, which is causing embarrassment to many figures in the United States and across the world.
Todd Blanche, the ministry's second-in-command, explained that these "more than three million pages" do not contain any new elements that could lead to additional prosecutions.
On January 21, James Comer, head of the Investigations Committee in the Republican-dominated House of Representatives, announced this hearing for Guyline Maxwell (64 years old), after it was supposed to be held months ago.
But Maxwell's lawyers, who have filed several appeals to reconsider her 2022 conviction for 20 years in prison for sexual exploitation, have demanded criminal immunity from Congress in exchange for her testimony.
Read also: What did the US Department of Justice documents reveal about Epstein’s relationship with Saudi Arabia?
After rejecting all of the appeals submitted, they warned in a letter addressed to Comer that if the committee forced their client to testify, she would resort to her right against self-incrimination, a right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution.
According to them, this session “will have no other goal than being a purely political show, and it will be a waste of taxpayers’ money. The committee will not obtain testimonies, answers, or new facts” from it.
The same parliamentary committee summoned former Democratic President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, the former US Secretary of State, to hear their testimony separately at the end of the month about Bill Clinton's relations with Epstein.
But the couple requested public hearings this week, saying they wanted to avoid having their statements exploited by Republicans.
France 24/AFP
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