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Ghislaine Maxwell Takes the Fifth
Ghislaine Maxwell
Takes the Fifth
Feb 9, 2026 11:50 AM CST

Ghislaine Maxwell Takes the Fifth

She appears before House panel but doesn't answer any questions

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell did indeed appear via video before a House committee on Monday, and lawmakers got the answers they expected: Zilch. The longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein took the Fifth on every question, reports the Wall Street Journal . "She answered no questions and provided no information," said Rep....

The Questions Maxwell Faces in House Deposition

She'll reportedly read a prepared statement, then invoke the Fifth

(Newser) - Ghislaine Maxwell will show up for Congress—but she doesn't plan to say much. Her attorney says Maxwell will invoke her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee on Monday, appearing via video from the Texas prison where she is serving a...

Maxwell Had Behind-the-Scenes Role in Clinton World

Newly released emails detail funding, planning work for Clinton Global Initiative

(Newser) - Freshly unsealed Justice Department documents reveal how deeply Ghislaine Maxwell embedded herself in Bill Clinton's post-White House world—and how that differed from Jeffrey Epstein's role. Emails in the Epstein case files show Maxwell was heavily involved in getting the first Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference off the...

Email Flies in Face of Andrew's Denials of Meeting Giuffre

Giuffre family says newly released email vindicates her allegations

(Newser) - An email newly released by US authorities disputes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's claim that he never met Virginia Giuffre, the woman who said he had sex with her three times when she was a minor. The 2015 "draft statement," sent by "G Maxwell" to Jeffrey Epstein, describes being...

Clintons Finalize Deal, Will Testify This Month

Bill and Hillary to appear separately before House panel investigating Epstein

(Newser) - The Clintons have finalized their deal to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein: Hillary Clinton will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 26, and Bill Clinton the following day. It will be the first time that lawmakers have compelled a former president to testify, per the...

Blanche Declares DOJ's Review of Epstein Case 'Over'

Democrats, survivors dispute comments, demand more Epstein client disclosures

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors are done reviewing the Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking case, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told ABC News on Sunday, but key Democrats insist the public still isn't seeing the full picture, the Guardian reports. Blanche said the Justice Department's review of the case "is over,...

DOJ Mistakenly Publishes Nude Images in Epstein Case Files

Unredacted images expose possible victims, raising alarm over privacy failures

(Newser) - The federal government's massive document dump in the Jeffrey Epstein case has now created a new problem of its own, the New York Times reports. As part of its attempts to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Justice Department posted more than three million pages of records...

A Whole Bunch of New Epstein Files Just Dropped

More than 3M pages were released by the DOJ, per Deputy AG Todd Blanche

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful. Deputy Attorney General Todd...

Review of Epstein Files Overwhelms Top Prosecutors

They're 'crushed by the work,' a redaction effort that threatens to delay other major SDNY cases

(Newser) - The most powerful federal prosecutor office in the country has effectively become the Epstein documents office. Sources and internal memos reviewed by Politico indicate that nearly every prosecutor in the Southern District of New York who isn't currently in court or prepping for an upcoming trial has been drafted...

DOJ Explains Why It Hasn't Yet Released 2M Epstein Files

DOJ says it's deploying 400 lawyers to review files for victim privacy

(Newser) - The document dump in the Jeffrey Epstein case is still in its early innings, NBC News reports. The Justice Department told a federal judge Monday that more than 2 million additional files tied to the late financier are awaiting release, with a team of roughly 400 department lawyers now combing...

Sources Detail Why Trump Banned Epstein From Spa

Trump allegedly acted after 18-year-old Mar-a-Lago spa worker reported sexual pressure

(Newser) - Donald Trump's break with Jeffrey Epstein can be traced back to allegations from an 18-year-old spa worker, former employees say. According to ex-staffers from both Mar-a-Lago and Epstein's Palm Beach estate who spoke to the Wall Street Journal , Trump's club spent years sending mostly young female spa...

Balmoral Email Asks Ghislaine for 'Inappropriate Friends'

Emails link Maxwell to royal figure who went by 'A'

(Newser) - A newly released email chain from the Jeffrey Epstein files is casting attention on a mystery correspondent who appears to be writing from one of the royal family's most famous retreats. In August 2001, a man who signs his messages as "A" and calls himself "The Invisible...

New Epstein Files Document Trump Flights With Him

But all occurred before their falling out in the early 2000s

(Newser) - Another batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents has been released by the Justice Department, and President Trump's name comes up more often than in the first two. As the BBC reports, one document is a January 2020 email that references Trump's travels with Epstein in the 1990s. The names...

Show Us What You Have, Clinton Aide Tells DOJ

Former president doesn't need protection on Epstein files, spokesperson says

(Newser) - Bill Clinton's staff says that if the Justice Department has any incriminating information on him in the Jeffrey Epstein files, it should put it all on the table—now. On Monday, Clinton spokesperson Angel Urena urged the DOJ to release every Epstein-related document involving the former president as it...

DOJ Releases Files, Partly Complying With Epstein Law

Criticism follows incomplete trove, redactions

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday started putting out a massive batch of records tied to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, meeting part—but not all—of a disclosure mandate Congress imposed and President Trump signed into law last month. Officials said the release would ultimately total several hundred thousand pages, with...

Epstein Case Files Are Due by Midnight

Sources say there will be extensive redactions

(Newser) - The clock is ticking on the release of the Epstein files. By midnight Friday, the Trump administration is required by law to publish a trove of Jeffrey Epstein-related records that could expose new details about the sex offender's crimes and his links to prominent figures, including President Trump, the...

Ghislaine Maxwell Asks Judge to Toss Conviction

'Substantial new evidence' has emerged, convict argues in longshot bid for release

(Newser) - Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, saying "substantial new evidence" has emerged proving that constitutional violations spoiled her trial.
  • Maxwell maintained in a habeas
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Clintons Face Threats of Contempt Over Epstein Probe

Comer threatens contempt proceedings as Clintons offer sworn statements only

(Newser) - A long-simmering clash between House Republicans and the Clintons over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation is nearing a decisive moment on Capitol Hill, the New York Times reports. Rep. James Comer, the Kentucky Republican who chairs the House Oversight Committee, is threatening to seek contempt of Congress charges if Bill and...

Judge: DOJ Can Unseal Ghislaine Maxwell Records

Documents, photos, etc., from Epstein confidant's case could be released within 10 days

(Newser) - The Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge said on Tuesday. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled after the Justice Department in November asked two judges in New York to unseal grand jury transcripts...

Ghislaine Maxwell Makes New Plea to Get Out of Prison

Convicted Epstein associate to file habeas corpus petition

(Newser) - Two months after getting shut down by the Supreme Court , Ghislaine Maxwell is trying again to get out of prison. In a court filing to US District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer on Wednesday, Maxwell's lawyers said she intends to file a habeas corpus petition for her release. The filing...

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