The accomplice in the sexual crimes of the pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, has requested immunity to testify at a hearing before the United States Congress.
In addition to the formal grant of immunity, Maxwell's attorneys have requested that the interview not be conducted at the penitentiary where their client is serving her sentence and that they have prior access to the questions that the representatives plan to ask.
If the conditions are not met, the attorneys stated, Maxwell will have no choice but to invoke her Fifth Amendment right.
Maxwell asiste a un evento.
Maxwell appealed her conviction to the Supreme Court
In another of the requests, the request to postpone Maxwell's interview with the members of Congress until the Supreme Court rules on the request for review of her conviction filed by her defense a few days ago is highlighted.
According to the attorneys, since Epstein's ex-girlfriend is currently appealing her conviction before the Supreme Court of the United States, any testimony she provides now could compromise her constitutional rights, harm her legal remedies, and taint a future jury.
It is likely that the highest court will not rule on Maxwell's petition until October, when the justices return from their summer recess.
Epstein y Maxwell, señalados como los cabecillas de una red de trata de menores.
The request for clemency to Trump
The letter listing all these demands concludes with a request from Maxwell to President Donald Trump to grant her clemency and pardon her for her crimes in exchange for her testimony about the child trafficking network run by Epstein.
It should be recalled that, in search of the truth about the case, Trump ordered the government prosecutors to travel to the Florida prison and interview Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for having helped her ex-boyfriend commit these heinous crimes.
Separately, last week Republicans in Congress began a process to subpoena Epstein's accomplice.
"Otherwise, if Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency, she would be willing—and eager—to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress. She welcomes the opportunity to tell the truth and refute the many misconceptions and false statements that have plagued this case from the beginning," her attorneys commented.
Los fiscales generales Pam Bondi y Todd Blanche.
Republicans reject immunity and pardon
Of course, neither Trump nor the people's representatives appear to be close to granting Maxwell immunity, much less a pardon or presidential clemency.
While the White House recognizes Maxwell as a key source of information to uncover the truth about the crimes of the deceased financier and his list of powerful clients, she remains, in the eyes of Justice and the people, a convicted person for having committed crimes such as sex trafficking.
A spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee rejected the idea of granting Maxwell immunity on Tuesday. "The Oversight Committee will respond soon to Ms. Maxwell's attorney, but will not consider granting her congressional immunity for her testimony", she stated.
"I don't think there are many Republicans who want to give immunity to someone who may have been sexually trafficking children", said the committee chairman, Representative James Comer, to CNN last week.
