The House Oversight Committee released a video Monday of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell repeatedly invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when asked about her links to Jefferey Epstein.
“I would like to answer your question, but on the advice of counsel I respectfully decline to answer that question or any related questions,” Maxwell said in her British accent, when asked if she was a “close friend and confidante” of Epstein.
“My habeas petition is pending in the Southern District of New York,” Maxwell explained. “I therefore invoke my right to silence under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution.”
Maxwell, 64, appeared to be wearing the tan-colored uniform issued to inmates at the federal prison camp in Texas, where she is serving a 20-year sentence and from where she appeared virtually before the panel.
The former socialite and convicted Epstein accomplice plead the fifth for every question asked by the committee.
