Democratic representative says Epstein associate’s decision to invoke fifth amendment points to ‘White House cover-up’

Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions during a closed-door congressional deposition on Monday, prompting criticism from a House representative backing efforts to release Jeffrey Epstein investigative files.

Robert Garcia, ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform, said in a statement that Maxwell invoked the fifth amendment and refused to testify during her scheduled deposition. Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, also said that she invoked her fifth amendment right.

“After months of defying our subpoena, Ghislaine Maxwell finally appeared before the oversight committee and said nothing,” said Garcia, a California Democrat. “She answered no questions and provided no information about the men who raped and trafficked women and girls.

“Who is she protecting? And we need to know why she’s been given special treatment at a low security prison by the Trump administration. We are going to end this White House cover-up.”

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    Once alternate proof of trump’s degeneracy shows up in the files her life will become essentially worthless. She should curry favour to the other side while she has the opportunity.

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    “Who is she protecting? And how many times will that orange painted geriatric imbecile have shit themselves today? It’s a mystery I tell ya.”

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    Trump. She’s protecting Trump. Also herself, since suicide might become contagious if she talks. How is this even a question?

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    She should not ever get out. Why she is not serving 99+ life sentences is beyond me. With how much violence she brought to children she deserves much more that a minimum security prison.

    The states she sodomized children in should all press new charges so she can go to state prison once her Federal sentence is done.

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    No shit…

    Why did people think trump moved her to a fucking country club?

    They should have held her in contempt and thrown her back in real jail. But she obviously got bribed/threatened and cooperated. The day she got moved to the country club anyone with a half a brain knew she wasn’t gonna snitch.

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    She claims she has dirt to swap for freedom, but nothing on Trump or Clinton. I don’t know about Clinton, but Epstein talked about Trump being evil on numerous occasions. It’s clear that he was up to SOMETHING, so if she claims there’s nothing, shes lying.

    She’s one of the most notorious and prolific child sex traffickers in human history, she gets NO mercy. Toss her in a dungeon.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      Fuck that. Tie her to the bumper of a truck and drive down 300 miles of road paved with barbwire and broken glass, thats lined with lemon juice sprinklers.

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    Who is she protecting?

    Trump, herself, most of the current administration, 1/3 of the Supreme Court, FOX News anchors… The list goes on and on.

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    She is protecting her benefactors. ALMOST surprised she hasn’t been fully pardoned yet. I would look for that in the last few days of second term if he lives that long.

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    In technical sports terms this is known as a “Sticky Wicket”. We are all waiting and watching. If we need to breakdown this term for anyone, well then, we needn’t. If it doesn’t make any sense, please do take us up on this offer to please allow yourself in front of a vehicle that is traveling at a high rate of speed. I apologize. This whole thing is kinda outta control and I am only capable of having the final word on my feelings towards the backwards injustice that has been put on display front and center for the world to see. That said. F—k these evil species of human critters at any capacity and may their final breaths we inhale.

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    She’s protecting herself. Duh.

    By not talking she’s far less likely to run afoul of somebody with the means to suicide her via two gunshots to the back of the head.

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    Calling it now:

    Once she lies endlessly about how Trump and his cronies are all innocent and how all of Epstein and her clients were Dems, Trump won’t pardon her.

    He’ll kill her like he killed Epstein. Keeping her alive is too great of a risk. She’s playing into his hand like a fiddle, unless she’s planning on going out in a blaze of glory and exposing Trump in the end.

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      I disagree. Anyone this high up in shit has a dead man’s switch. Killing her is a fools errand.

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        I hope she does have a dead man’s switch. And maybe that’s why she hasn’t been killed yet.

        Although, we know Trump is a fucking idiot with dementia who acts long before he does anything that might be qualified as thinking. We’ll just have to see. We’d be foolish, and Trump would me more foolish to not assume she is still in charge of this whole thing.

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      He’ll kill her like he killed Epstein.

      I figured she wasn’t “dead” yet because they didn’t have a body double lined up for her. Once they do, she’ll be “dead” while living in luxury in Tel Aviv.

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        Why would they bother keeping her alive with some elaborate scheme? How does that benefit them?

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        Thing is before all these file releases I’d have expressed doubt in the “he’s still alive conspiracy”.

        Now though, I increasingly find myself doubting he’s dead instead by the day.

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          At this point I feel like everyone with a few brain cells can put together that either he was killed by someone, or at a minimum given the chance to do it himself. Lots pointing to that he was murdered by a third party, but that very easily could have been a talk about how he’s in the best spot he’ll be, hasn’t testified for or against anyone, innocent until proven guilty. Given whatever drugs he wants or didn’t. He knew this was the possibility since the 80s so they just gave him the chance and he did do it.

          I think most people with experience/knowledge in the intelligence industry know there is so much more to this. MSM says he was working with Russia. The last files prove he was working with Isreal. He’s american and operated primarily in the US. Consulted in Africa and Asia. He was everywhere and any can go anywhere. Other than Islamic countries, Epstein has connections to be securely anywhere. Bum ass CIA agents that get $150k a year get facial reconstruction, new identities that check out in any database, live in adversary countries for decades. And people think making Epstein disappear is insane.