Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein, refused to answer questions from House lawmakers during a scheduled deposition at a federal prison facility in Texas, invoking her Fifth Amendment rights and declining to provide testimony in a congressional investigation into Epstein’s trafficking network. Behind closed doors, Maxwell’s legal team delivered a message to lawmakers: she would be willing to testify “fully and honestly”, but only if President Donald Trump were to grant her clemency or commute her prison sentence. Her attorney claimed that Maxwell could confirm that neither Trump nor former President Bill Clinton committed criminal wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, framing her testimony as contingent on presidential intervention. WATCH 

In a stunning legal reversal, former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have officially agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee. This "capitulation" comes just hours before a scheduled House vote to hold the couple in criminal contempt of Congress, which carried the threat of substantial fines and even incarceration.