House investigators agreed to delay interviewing Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell until after the Supreme Court reviews her conviction on sex trafficking charges.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer wrote to Maxwell on Friday, granting the delay but also reiterating his refusal to give her immunity if she talks to investigators about Epstein and his sex trafficking.
The Oversight panel last month voted to subpoena Maxwell to find out what she knows about Epstein’s alleged list of wealthy friends who victimized girls he provided to them.
Mr. Comer told Maxwell the committee “is willing to delay” her deposition until after Sept. 29, when the Supreme Court will decide whether it will review her conviction.
But he denied Maxwell’s request to see the panel’s specific questions in advance, writing to her that the committee will instead “continue its long-standing practice of engaging in forthright and detailed discussions about scoping.”
Maxwell wants her conviction thrown out on the basis that she should have been shielded from prosecution under a 2008 agreement made with Epstein in exchange for pleading guilty to soliciting an underage prostitute in Florida.
Epstein died in his jail cell in 2019 as he awaited federal prosecution on new charges accusing him of running a sex trafficking ring with girls as young as 14. Authorities ruled his death a suicide.
Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of acting as Epstein’s sex-trafficking accomplice. She is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
On Friday, Maxwell was transferred from a federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to a federal prison in Bryan, Texas, her lawyer told The Washington Times.
Maxwell had complained about poor conditions at the Tallahassee facility, but her attorney, David O. Markus, would not say if that was the reason for the transfer.
Maxwell was moved a week after she met for two days with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Mr. Blanche is attempting to determine the identities of wealthy and powerful men who allegedly victimized the girls trafficked by Epstein.
Mr. Markus set the conditions for Maxwell’s deposition in a letter sent to the Oversight committee in July. He said that if the terms are not met, his client would invoke her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.