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BumRushDaShow

(157,335 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:26 PM Tuesday

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

Source: CNN Politics

Updated Jul 29, 2025, 1:21 PM ET
PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2025, 12:43 PM ET


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 said 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 currently appealing her conviction to the Supreme Court and argued that “any testimony she provides now could compromise her constitutional rights, prejudice her legal claims, and potentially taint a future jury pool.”

“Compounding these concerns are public 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 said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/politics/maxwell-conditions-congressional-testimony

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Maxwell offers to testify before Congress but with major conditions, including immunity (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
Immunity from prosecution of perjury Beachnutt Tuesday #1
Trump will pardon Maxwell before the end of August. AverageOldGuy Tuesday #2
I think him pardoning her would be a mistake* but he'll get everything out of it if he does underpants Tuesday #11
Either that or she will be found dead in her jail cell. tetedur Tuesday #12
No chance. That would clearly point back at Trump. No way does anything like this happen. Wiz Imp Yesterday #28
Exactly. Where are the bamagal62 Yesterday #31
I agree,she'll never agree to a Jan 2029 pardon. Even if she gets one her life Bengus81 Tuesday #17
She has to get on a plane and leave the country on the very day she gets released FakeNoose Tuesday #20
And she'll likely still get a polonium cocktail... JT45242 Yesterday #33
Highly Doubtful. Wiz Imp Yesterday #27
Imagine this lifetime groomer of innocent young girls dictating terms to anyone about anything BeyondGeography Tuesday #3
Not only a groomer but a participant moniss Tuesday #5
Exactly my thought. The arrogance of the privileged class. Marie Marie Tuesday #25
She's insidious JustAnotherGen Tuesday #4
Birds of a feather--until Trumpy realized Epstein was stealing his staff--and he would have to put riversedge Tuesday #10
Trump didn't give a damn about Epstein hiring some of his staff. Wiz Imp Yesterday #29
Why would anyone believe a word she says. yardwork Tuesday #6
I'm a lot less interested in what Maxwell has to say and a lot more interested in what evidence has been suppressed cadoman Tuesday #7
I Want Maxwell's Black Book as an eBook MrWowWow Tuesday #8
She's already compromised from tampering by the FBi and mdbl Tuesday #9
Leave that monster where she is then drop the key in a lava pit. Dave Bowman Tuesday #13
She's just seeking a license to lie. n/t Rhiagel Tuesday #14
Off with her head... Kali999 Tuesday #15
The major COVERUP is going to happen. It's out of our hands. I feel so helpless. bluestarone Tuesday #16
Where's the screaming,yelling,bitching MAGA base we were hearing just a couple of weeks ago?? Bengus81 Tuesday #18
Yea, where are they? bluestarone Tuesday #23
Congress doesn't really want her to testify. Even if she said she would do it without immunity they would find lostincalifornia Tuesday #19
I don't think those Congressmen were "friends" of Epstein FakeNoose Tuesday #22
Nope. It is very likely there is no connection between any current members of Congress and Epstein. Wiz Imp Yesterday #26
I believe they want to protect trump, which is why they don't want her to testify. lostincalifornia Yesterday #32
This is the most predictable shit ever. Karasu Tuesday #21
Has there ever been ANYBODY allowed this type of BULLSHIT testimoney immunity? bluestarone Tuesday #24
No way this happens. Wiz Imp Yesterday #30
"...but then offered to cooperate with Congress "if a fair and safe path forward can be established." OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #34

AverageOldGuy

(2,785 posts)
2. Trump will pardon Maxwell before the end of August.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:34 PM
Tuesday

Count on it.

The deal will be: She is pardoned and she will STFD and STFU about Trump and Epstein.

It WILL happen, no doubt about it.

underpants

(191,725 posts)
11. I think him pardoning her would be a mistake* but he'll get everything out of it if he does
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:55 PM
Tuesday

She will name Clinton Obama and maybe Bill Gates to filled out the QAnon scorecard

* not that any in that bubble can tell him anything

tetedur

(1,305 posts)
12. Either that or she will be found dead in her jail cell.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:57 PM
Tuesday

Why don't they subpoena the records from the DOJ?
Has Congress called the victims to testify?
Let's get all the filth those people perpetrated out in the sunlight.

Wiz Imp

(6,277 posts)
28. No chance. That would clearly point back at Trump. No way does anything like this happen.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:08 AM
Yesterday

Bengus81

(9,083 posts)
17. I agree,she'll never agree to a Jan 2029 pardon. Even if she gets one her life
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:22 PM
Tuesday

will be in danger no matter where she goes. I'd give her two years max.

FakeNoose

(38,026 posts)
20. She has to get on a plane and leave the country on the very day she gets released
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:34 PM
Tuesday

She'll need to be anonymous for the rest of her life. I believe it would be possible to do because she lived off the grid for several years in the US, (various friends putting her up in their "spare" mansions, etc.) but she's too well-known now.

If Chump gets Maxwell to lie on his behalf, she'll get released. After that it's up to her.

JT45242

(3,513 posts)
33. And she'll likely still get a polonium cocktail...
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:47 AM
Yesterday

She knows too much about so many things.

Wiz Imp

(6,277 posts)
27. Highly Doubtful.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:06 AM
Yesterday

It would be an extremely stupid thing to do (not that that would stop Trump). There is simply no upside in doing so. The MAGA folks who are upset with Trump's handling of the Epstein files already would go ballistic if Maxwell were pardoned.

BeyondGeography

(40,570 posts)
3. Imagine this lifetime groomer of innocent young girls dictating terms to anyone about anything
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:35 PM
Tuesday

What a fucked up country.

moniss

(7,757 posts)
5. Not only a groomer but a participant
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:42 PM
Tuesday

in the sexual acts. By the sounds of it I think Blanche was sent in to feel out what kind of story needs to be fabricated and what kind of "documents" created in order to give a scenario where it is made to look as though Maxwell was "misled" by Epstein and therefore they will claim she should be pardoned.

Marie Marie

(10,375 posts)
25. Exactly my thought. The arrogance of the privileged class.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 11:07 PM
Tuesday

And the Trump administration and the Republicans will bend over backwards to accommodate her every demand.

riversedge

(76,810 posts)
10. Birds of a feather--until Trumpy realized Epstein was stealing his staff--and he would have to put
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:55 PM
Tuesday

out more money to hire newer staff.

Wiz Imp

(6,277 posts)
29. Trump didn't give a damn about Epstein hiring some of his staff.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:10 AM
Yesterday

If he cared that much about it, he wouldn't have waited 25 years to mention it (he never used that excuse before today).

yardwork

(67,343 posts)
6. Why would anyone believe a word she says.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:45 PM
Tuesday

She lied to children to lure them into sexual abuse. She raped children. She lied to protect herself and Epstein.

She's a liar and a criminal.

cadoman

(1,545 posts)
7. I'm a lot less interested in what Maxwell has to say and a lot more interested in what evidence has been suppressed
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:47 PM
Tuesday

...and why all the various "law enforcement" agencies involved protected and continue to protect the pedophiles.

MrWowWow

(651 posts)
8. I Want Maxwell's Black Book as an eBook
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:53 PM
Tuesday

and as an audio narration. Maybe this'll happen after she's pardoned out of prison, and then falls out of a 15th story window.

mdbl

(7,029 posts)
9. She's already compromised from tampering by the FBi and
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:53 PM
Tuesday

all the assholes in the Dump administration. The FBI and prosecutors already have all the info they need. Keep her in jail.

bluestarone

(19,998 posts)
16. The major COVERUP is going to happen. It's out of our hands. I feel so helpless.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:18 PM
Tuesday

The monsters in charge are the CREEPIEST we ever dreamed they could be. From Americas birth date, there has NEVER been a more lowlife (can't even think of the best word to describe these fuckers any more} I just want them all DEAD!

Bengus81

(9,083 posts)
18. Where's the screaming,yelling,bitching MAGA base we were hearing just a couple of weeks ago??
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:25 PM
Tuesday

Suddenly gone silent about dear leader.

bluestarone

(19,998 posts)
23. Yea, where are they?
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:49 PM
Tuesday

SAD, to see Americans (well,MAGA"s) allowing these CREEPS destroy young girls lives destroyed!

lostincalifornia

(4,011 posts)
19. Congress doesn't really want her to testify. Even if she said she would do it without immunity they would find
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:29 PM
Tuesday

some excuse to prevent it. Too many of those thugs in congress are implicated in this I think.


FakeNoose

(38,026 posts)
22. I don't think those Congressmen were "friends" of Epstein
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:38 PM
Tuesday

... but I'm pretty sure they're taking campaign donations from some people who are implicated. So ....

Wiz Imp

(6,277 posts)
26. Nope. It is very likely there is no connection between any current members of Congress and Epstein.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:02 AM
Yesterday

As far as I know, only 2 congressmembers were included in Epstein's little black book, and no others have ever even been mentioned. Only former Senator George Mitchell & former Representative and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson.

Epstein's biggest clients were more likely to be the people who buy the politicians rather than politicians themselves.

Republicans are trying to protect Trump and maybe some of their big donors, NOT themselves.

bluestarone

(19,998 posts)
24. Has there ever been ANYBODY allowed this type of BULLSHIT testimoney immunity?
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:59 PM
Tuesday

I thinking NO WAY!!

OldBaldy1701E

(8,480 posts)
34. "...but then offered to cooperate with Congress "if a fair and safe path forward can be established."
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 07:56 AM
Yesterday

Look, this person is a convicted menace to society. She was tried and convicted.

These attempts to remove her from her debt to society is what is not 'fair and safe'.

So, can the bullshit, Consul. You are trying to finagle a way for her to get out of her debt.

Just put her in the chair and let her speak. Let her know that, should she cooperate fully, we might... might... think about a transfer.

Also, make sure that she understands that her days are numbered thanks to her position in this mess, so she might consider just how long she has left under this administration. She helps take it down, she can be relatively safe. If she doesn't...?

No promises. (I am not saying that she is in danger from us, I am saying that those rethugs are going to make sure she cannot speak at all if she decides to play too many games.)

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