Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) recounted the key points from a House Oversight deposition with Jeffrey Epstein's primary accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell, who conducted the deposition virtually while in Federal custody, invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify.
Rep. Biggs noted this in a post on X post, saying, "This morning, Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment, refusing to answer any of @GOPoversight's questions. But the committee won't give up on our mission to hold to account those criminally involved with Epstein's disgusting activities."
In a video shared by the Arizona Republican, Rep. Biggs noted that Maxwell's lawyer, David Markus, "said a couple of things that I think are of interest to the public." Markus said that Maxwell is pursuing a writ of habeas corpus, where the lawfulness of detaining an individual can be brought before a court. Maxwell agreed to speak if she were granted a retrial and clemency by President Donald Trump.
"But as far as I can tell, there has not been an offer of proof," Biggs clarified, "and that is normally what we would want to see, is, what is she going to testify to, and what is the likelihood of her being truthful, or what is her veracity?"
The most revealing thing that Maxwell relayed through Markus, which Biggs said he found "particularly interesting," was that Maxwell could testify that neither President Trump nor former President Bill Clinton was engaged in any wrongdoing.
"So that is the upshot of this very short deposition we had," Biggs concluded.
Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were scheduled to appear in another closed-door deposition, but the pair recently challenged Republicans to allow the hearing to be held publicly, despite having previously refused to comply with a subpoena to appear before Congress.
