Blanche had\u00a0\u201cevery single question\u201d answered during the sitdown, Maxwell\u2019s attorney also said, with the British-born convict declining to plead the Fifth Amendment.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf she lies they could charge her with lying,\u201d Markus noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey did charge her with lying,\u201d a reporter challenged him, referring to two perjury counts that Markus noted were dropped by the feds after her conviction.<\/p>\n
Maxwell, 63, is appealing her conviction and sentencing, and legal observers have speculated her willingness to answer questions is tied to a potential clemency grant by President Trump.<\/p>\n
Trump, 79, acknowledged to reporters earlier Friday that he had the power to pardon Maxwell or commute her sentence, but added that \u201cI haven\u2019t thought\u201d about the idea.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president said this morning he had the right to do so,\u201d Markus echoed before calling Trump \u201cthe ultimate dealmaker\u201d and claiming his client had \u201cbeen treated unfairly for the past five years\u201d and \u201cdidn\u2019t get a fair trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/button>David Oscar Markus, an attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell, talks with the media outside the federal courthouse, Friday, July 25, 2025.AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cWe hope he exercises that power in a right and just way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Epstein\u2019s attorneys had been informed that\u00a0\u201cno potential co-conspirators would be prosecuted\u201d as part of his talks with government lawyers following his July 2019 arrest on sex trafficking charges, according Markus.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think President Trump knows that the Justice Department took the position that that promise should not be upheld,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n
Maxwell has also been subpoenaed to be interviewed by the House Oversight Committe on Aug. 11, an occasion on which Maxwell could exercise her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to questioning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to make a decision about whether she would do that or not,\u201d her attorney said of the prospect of responding to lawmaker queries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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