麦克斯韦尔周一上午通过视频连线出席委员会听证会
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月9日上午10:15（美国东部时间）| 更新时间：2026年2月9日下午6:44（美国东部时间）
众议院监督委员会对吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔的证词陈述于周一上午开始后不到一小时即告结束，这位已故杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的定罪同谋援引第五修正案拒绝回答问题。
麦克斯韦尔通过视频连线在两党参与的联邦政府处理爱泼斯坦案件调查中，参加了闭门听证会。
然而，她的律师显然告知议员，她无法将唐纳德·特朗普总统或比尔·克林顿前总统牵扯进任何不当行为中。
“特朗普总统和克林顿总统均无任何不当行为。只有麦克斯韦尔女士能解释原因，公众有权了解这一解释，”律师大卫·奥斯卡·马库斯在X平台（原推特）上发布的证词陈述中表示。
该声明还称，马库斯向议员表示，除非特朗普缩短她的刑期，否则她将只回答问题。
“如果本委员会和美国公众真的想听到关于事件的未经过滤的真相，有一条简单的途径。只要特朗普总统给予特赦，麦克斯韦尔女士就准备充分且诚实地发言。只有她能提供完整的说明。有些人可能不喜欢听到的内容，但真相至关重要，”他的声明中写道。
麦克斯韦尔目前正在得克萨斯州监狱服20年刑期。
“正如预期的那样，吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔援引第五修正案，拒绝回答任何问题。这显然令人失望，”肯塔基州共和党众议员、众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科默在证词陈述后对记者表示。”我们有很多问题要问她和爱泼斯坦犯下的罪行，以及关于潜在同谋者的问题。我们真诚地希望为美国人民查明真相，为受害者寻求正义。”
科默表示，麦克斯韦尔的律师告诉委员会，只有在特朗普总统给予特赦的情况下，她才会回答问题。
然而，麦克斯韦尔通过律师表示，特朗普和民主党成员在科默之后发言，指责麦克斯韦尔试图游说特赦，并要求特朗普公开排除特赦可能性。
“我们得到的只是她长期以来试图从特朗普总统那里获得特赦的又一集，而特朗普总统今天就可以结束这一切，”弗吉尼亚州民主党众议员詹姆斯·沃金肖说。”他可以排除对吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔（这个恶魔）的特赦。今天我们所有人面临的问题是，他为什么还没有这么做？”
这位前英国社交名媛于2021年12月被判定在爱泼斯坦的性交易和剥削未成年女性的犯罪计划中构成同谋罪。
司法部在她量刑时表示，麦克斯韦尔”以多种方式引诱和拉拢未成年女孩遭受虐待”。
科默上月宣布，议员们将在会议上听取麦克斯韦尔的证词，当时会议是为了就克林顿前总统和希拉里·克林顿前国务卿拒绝配合爱泼斯坦调查而对其提起国会藐视罪诉讼。
“我们一直试图让她进行证词陈述。我们的律师一直说她会援引第五修正案，但我们已经确定了日期，2月9日，吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔将接受本委员会的证词陈述，”科默当时表示。
然而，在克林顿夫妇同意通过律师在众议院预期就将二人移交司法部（DOJ）进行刑事指控投票的前几天亲自到国会山作证后，针对克林顿夫妇的藐视国会程序暂停。
科默的团队数月来一直与麦克斯韦尔的律师来回协商确定她与委员会律师对话的日期。
在她的律师请求推迟到最高法院决定是否受理她的上诉之后，他同意将她原计划在8月进行的证词陈述推迟。最高法院于10月驳回了麦克斯韦尔的上诉。
她和克林顿夫妇的证词陈述是众议院监督委员会数月来调查政府如何处理爱泼斯坦案件的一部分。
科默周一告诉记者，未来几周还将进行五次证词陈述，包括2月18日维多利亚的秘密前首席执行官莱斯·韦克斯纳、2月26日希拉里·克林顿、2月27日比尔·克林顿、3月11日爱泼斯坦会计师理查德·汗以及3月19日爱泼斯坦律师达伦·因迪克。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，主要报道众议院相关动态。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网有报道署名。
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Ghislaine Maxwell told lawmakers Trump, Clinton ‘innocent of any wrongdoing’ regarding Epstein
Maxwell appeared virtually before the committee on Monday morning
By Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News
Published February 9, 2026 10:15am EST | Updated February 9, 2026 6:44pm EST
The House Oversight Committee’s deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell ended less than an hour after it began on Monday morning, when the convicted accomplice of the late Jeffrey Epstein pleaded the Fifth Amendment.
Maxwell appeared before lawmakers virtually for a closed-door interview in the House bipartisan probe into the federal government’s handling of Epstein’s case.
Her attorney apparently told lawmakers, however, that she could not implicate neither President Donald Trump nor former President Bill Clinton in any wrongdoing.
“[B]oth President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing. Ms. Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to that explanation,” lawyer David Oscar Markus posted on X after the deposition.
Markus also told lawmakers that she would only answer questions if her prison sentence was cut short by Trump, according to the statement.
“If this Committee and the American public truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened, there is a straightforward path. Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump. Only she can provide the complete account. Some may not like what they hear, but the truth matters,” his statement said.
Maxwell is currently serving out a 20-year sentence at a Texas prison.
“As expected, Ghislaine Maxwell took the fifth and refused to answer any questions. This is obviously very disappointing,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told reporters after the deposition. “We had many questions to ask about the crime she and Epstein committed, as well as questions about potential co-conspirators. We sincerely want to get to the truth for the American people and justice for the survivors.”
Comer said Maxwell’s lawyer told the committee that she would only answer questions if she was granted clemency by President Donald Trump.
Maxwell did say through her attorney, however, that neither Trump nor
Democrats on the panel, who spoke after Comer, accused Maxwell of trying to lobby for a pardon and demanded that Trump publicly rule out the possibility.
“What we did get was another episode in her long-running campaign for clemency from President Trump, and President Trump could end that today,” said Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va. “He could rule out clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, the monster. The question for all of us today is why hasn’t he done that?”
The former British socialite was found guilty in December 2021 of being an accomplice in Epstein’s scheme to sexually traffic and exploit female minors.
The DOJ said at the time of her sentencing that Maxwell “enticed and groomed minor girls to be abused in multiple ways.”
Comer announced lawmakers would hear from Maxwell late last month during a meeting on holding former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to appear for his Epstein probe.
“We’ve been trying to get her in for a deposition. Our lawyers have been saying that she’s going to plead the Fifth, but we have nailed down a date, Feb. 9, where Ghislaine Maxwell will be deposed by this committee,” Comer said at the time.
Contempt proceedings against the Clintons stalled, however, after they agreed via their attorneys to appear in person on Capitol Hill just days before the full House of Representatives was expected to vote on referring the pair to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges.
Comer’s team had been in a back-and-forth with Maxwell’s attorney for months trying to nail down a date for her to speak to committee lawyers.
He agreed to delay her previous planned deposition in August after her lawyer asked him to wait until after the Supreme Court decided whether it would hear her appeal. The Supreme Court turned down Maxwell’s case in October.
She and the Clintons’ depositions are part of the House Oversight Committee’s months-long probe into how the government handled Epstein’s case.
Comer told reporters on Monday that five more depositions would happen in the coming weeks including former Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner on Feb. 18, Hillary Clinton on Feb. 26, Bill Clinton on Feb. 27, Epstein accountant Richard Khan on March 11, and Epstein attorney Darren Indyke on March 19.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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