In the middle of the Jeffrey Epstein case scandal – That wraps the US president, Donald Trump – A United States Congress Committee on Tuesday rejected a Judicial immunity application presented by the ex -partner of the financial businessman, Ghislaine Maxwellwho was convicted – in New York, in 2021 – 20 years in prison for helping their ex -boyfriend to sexually abuse teenage girls, in addition to participating in the Sex trafficking network.
In detail, the Government Supervision and Reform Committee of the House of Representatives, led by Republicans, intended Maxwell to provide a Declaration on August 11 at the Tallahassee prison, Florida.
Jeffrey Epstein’s ex -partner requested judicial immunity to declare, but was rejected
The scandal around the Epstein case adds episodes day by day. In the midst of the somewhat government of Trump – for the alleged appearance of the republican leader in the lists of those who visited the island of the late financial entrepreneur – Congress took a key decision in reference to the testimony of one of the most important witnesses of the case.
“Mrs. Maxwell can’t take a risk to greater criminal exposure In a politically charged environment without formal immunity, “explained Maxwell’s lawyer, David Markus, representative James Eating, who presides over the Chamber Committee that hopes to hear the statements of Epstein’s ex -partner.
Before the citation, in the first instance the lawyers of the woman convicted for being an accomplice of Epstein had decided invoke the rights enshrined in the fifth amendmentthat is, the power that citizens in the United States have not to answer questions that can determine criminal responsibilities. However, later, the British environment offered to collaborate with Congress, under the only condition of “establishing a fair and safe path.”
For this, the defense requested as a condition that the statement is made in a different place from the prison, In addition to demanding delivery in advance the questions of the commission. In this sense, the defense explained that Maxwell was willing to testify before the commission in public.
However, for the moment The demands of the convicted were not fulfilledwhich adds a new voltage chapter on the clarification of the Epstein case and The past relationship between President Trump and the billionaire charged with positions of sexual trafficking and child abuse.
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell, an ex -partner of Epstein and a testimony coveted by the US justice
Ghislaine Maxwell was born in 1961 in a powerful family. Daughter of the media magnate Robert Maxwell – who later ventured into politics -, It grew in a wealthy and surrounded privileges.
Already installed in the United States, the British Socialité maintained an active public life, which included the frequent visit to Exclusive circles where he filed links with figures from the political sphere.
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In 2000 he was photographed with Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and Melania Trumpbefore the latter married the then businessman. According to witnesses, he also attended the wedding of Chelsea Clinton and would have had access to reserved sectors during the Global Clinton Initiative Summit in 2009.
Maxwell was also The ex -girlfriend and subsequent social companion of Epsteinwho committed suicide in prison in 2019 while waiting be judged by federal positions of sexual abuse of minors and organization of a sex trafficking network.
The name of the British appears in the background of the controversial photograph of Prince Andrés of England, in which he appears hugging Virginia Giuffre. The young woman denounced that she had been trafficked by Epstein with the collaboration of Maxwell, and forced to maintain intimate relationships being a minor.
Although Maxwell held his innocence, His proximity to Epstein continued even after his separation in the nineties. His name resonated at the beginning of this year, after the publication of judicial documents, where he mentions it as supposed “Supplier”From Epstein and other high profile figures.
Source: Ambito
