Maxwell offers to testify before Congress but with major conditions, including immunity

CNN Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to testify before Congress but with major conditions including immunity according to a list of her demands sent to the House Oversight Committee by her attorneys House Oversight Chair James Comer subpoenaed Maxwell to testify next month In a new letter sent to Comer Tuesday Maxwell s attorneys disclosed they initially decided to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights but then offered to cooperate with Congress if a fair and safe path forward can be established Her attorneys noted Maxwell is at this time appealing her conviction to the Supreme Court and argued that any testimony she provides now could compromise her constitutional rights prejudice her legal maintains and potentially taint a future jury pool Compounding these concerns are populace comments from members of Congress that appear to have prejudged Ms Maxwell s credibility without even listening to what she has to say or evaluating the extensive documentation that corroborates it the letter states An Oversight Committee spokeswoman on Tuesday rejected the idea of giving Maxwell immunity The Oversight Committee will respond to Ms Maxwell s attorney soon but it will not consider granting congressional immunity for her testimony the spokeswoman mentioned I don t think there are various Republicans that want to give immunity to someone that may have been sex trafficking children Comer explained CNN last week Maxwell s conditions as laid out by her attorneys include A grant of formal immunity The interview can t happen at the correctional facility where she s serving her sentence To prepare adequately for any congressional deposition and to ensure accuracy and fairness we would require the Committee s questions in advance Surprise questioning would be both inappropriate and unproductive The interview would be scheduled only after the resolution of her Supreme Court petition and her forthcoming habeas petition Top House Oversight Democrat Rep Robert Garcia informed CNN on Tuesday that Maxwell is not going to set whatever terms that she wants We do not promotion giving her the questions ahead of time he noted It s likely the Supreme Court will not act on Maxwell s petition until October when the justices are scheduled to return from a summer break Her attorneys revealed if the demands cannot be met Maxwell will have no choice but to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights Notably the letter ended with a final appeal to President Donald Trump for clemency Of curriculum in the alternative if Ms Maxwell were to receive clemency she would be willing and eager to testify openly and honestly in populace before Congress in Washington D C She welcomes the opportunity to share the truth and to dispel the various misconceptions and misstatements that have plagued this circumstance from the beginning her attorneys reported