- - Ghislaine Maxwell to testify to lawmakers in Epstein investigation

Aysha Bagchi and Zachary Schermele, USA TODAYJanuary 22, 2026 at 2:35 AM

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Jeffrey Epstein's convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, will testify in February as Congress continues to investigate Epstein's alleged sex-trafficking network, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R–Kentucky, said Jan. 21.

Members of Congress and large segments of the public have been eager to hear revelations from Maxwell about not only Epstein but also others who may have been involved in his crimes. Epstein was convicted in 2008 of two Florida prostitution offenses, including one involving minors. He died in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting a federal sex-trafficking trial.

However, Comer indicated he doesn't expect Maxwell to be forthcoming, even if he hopes to be proven wrong.

"Her lawyers have made it clear that she’s going to plead the Fifth," Comer said, referring to a criminal defendants' constitutional Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. The right allows defendants to remain silent under questioning.

"I hope she changes her mind," Comer added.

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of sex-trafficking a minor to Epstein, will face the grilling on Feb. 9 in a deposition. That is typically a closed proceeding, but the House Oversight Committee could release the transcript afterwards.

Even if Maxwell chose to answer questions from lawmakers, her past statements suggest she's unlikely to incriminate others. When the Justice Department interviewed Maxwell in July under an agreement that what she said couldn't be used against her, she didn't provide any bombshells, and she maintained her own innocence.

Maxwell was transferred out of a federal prison in Florida and into a lower-security facility in Texas after that interview.

After Comer issued a subpoena for Maxwell's testimony in July, one of her attorneys said in a letter that, unless President Donald Trump granted her clemency, she wouldn't be willing to testify until her appeals against her conviction were over. Those proceedings are ongoing. Even after, she would want immunity for her testimony and an advance look at the questions, her lawyer said.

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