The ex -partner of Jeffrey Epstein and the only one convicted of the plot of recruiting minors for his network of sexual abuse, Ghislaine Maxwell, has not yet said everything he knows, but has decided to move. From the federal prison of Tallahassee, where he serves a 20 -year sentence, he has offered testify to the United States Congress if he is granted judicial immunity or a presidential pardon. He has done it in writing and with very precise conditions: not from his cell, but in Washington; not behind closed doors, but before the American people; and not without legal guarantees that avoid new causes. The republican committee’s response has been blunt: there will be no immunity. But Maxwell’s offensive, in full political storm on the management of the Epstein case under the current Trump administration, has put the focus again on a scandal that seemed buried.
The Defense of Maxwell presented a letter addressed to the president of the Supervision Committee of the House of Representatives, James Eat, who summoned the ex -partner of the tycoon for August 11. In it, lawyer David Markus establishes that his client is “anxious to share the truth” if minimal conditions are respected. Among them, that the Congress previously remites the questions of the interrogation and that it is expected to the Supreme Court decide whether to revoke its sentence. For Markus, the agreement signed in 2007 between Epstein and the Prosecutor’s Office in Florida should also shield its then accomplices. “We are open to work with the committee to find a path that respects its constitutional rights,” concludes the letter.
The movement arrives just after a series of meetings between Maxwell and the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche. During the meetings, which lasted several days, the defendant would have provided a list with a hundred names related to the Epstein circle, according to media such as ABC News and NBC. The Department of Justice has not wanted to confirm or deny that information, although Blanche has recognized that the government “will share more details when it is the right time.”
Epstein’s shadow is projected again on Trump
Maxwell’s strategy has coincided with a new tension rebound within the Republican Party. The most radical base of the Maga Movement – which for years said Epstein was killed to protect his powerful clients – has not forgiven the current administration that now assumes the official version of suicide. A report by the Department of Justice and the FBI, published on July 7, ruled out the existence of a “list of clients” and confirmed that the financial one took his life in his New York cell in 2019. Revelation has lit to the conspirationists, who ask for explanations to the same leaders who, years ago, fed the theories that they deny today.
Donald Trump tries to get the storm. Tonight, from the Air Force One, he denied having considered forgiveness to Maxwell, although he did not completely close the door: “I am authorized to forgive her, but I have not thought about it,” he said with apparent reluctance. In the same conversation, he referred to Epstein as “that disgusting guy” and assured that he “stole personal” from the Mar-a-Lago spa, including Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused Prince Andrés and died last April. “I told her to leave. And by the way, she had no complaint about us, none,” he settled.
Trump pressure not only comes from court or congress. It is also fought in the media. The former president has had a public dispute with The Wall Street Journal for weeks, whom he has demanded by defamation after the publication of an alleged congratulation addressed to Epstein with uploaded content. The text, accompanied by a sexual drawing and an allusion to “shared secrets”, enraged Trump, who accuses the newspaper and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, of wanting to harm him politically.
This Tuesday, in statements aboard the Air Force One, Trump said the WSJ lawyers “are talking to us to reach an agreement.” He added: “They have treated me badly. I would have assumed that Rupert Murdoch controlled him, but perhaps, perhaps not. We’ll see what happens.” The phrase, thrown with her usual ambiguity, seeks to lower the conflict without closing any door. According to his legal team, Trump has asked the court a quick statement from Murdoch.
Meanwhile, Congress is still divided. Democrats have demanded to know the complete transcription of meetings between Maxwell and the Department of Justice. The leader of the majority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, has asked the FBI to evaluate whether the possible filtration of Epstein files would be a risk of blackmail by foreign powers. “Could our adversaries use that information to extort someone like the president?” The question is still in the air. Also that of how far is willing to get Ghislaine Maxwell.
