WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Ghislaine Maxwell to appear for a deposition even as some Republican lawmakers acknowledge they may not be able to trust her testimony.
The panel issued the subpoena requesting a meeting with Maxwell at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee on Aug. 11, committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky, announced on Wednesday afternoon. The subpoena comes just one day after the committee voted in favor of the subpoena despite calls from President Donald Trump to drop the story.
“The facts and circumstances surrounding both your and Mr. Epstein’s cases have received immense public interest and scrutiny,” Comer wrote in his letter to Maxwell. “While the Justice Department undertakes efforts to uncover and publicly disclose additional information related to your and Mr. Epstein’s cases, it is imperative that Congress conduct oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of you and Mr. Epstein.”
Maxwell has become a person of interest after being found guilty of co-conspiring with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to exploit minor girls in 2021.
But even with the subpoena, some Republicans have admitted they may not believe everything she says.
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