House Oversight Panel on Epstein to Question Ghislaine Maxwell

The Republican-led Congressional committee investigating disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein plans to question Ghislaine Maxwell next month.

Representative James Comer, the committee chairman, said Wednesday that a deposition of Maxwell was scheduled for Feb. 9. A former girlfriend of Epstein, Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of recruiting girls for sexual abuse by him and and participating in some of the assaults. She is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence.

A Kentucky Republican, Comer said the committee had been seeking to question Maxwell for months, but he downplayed expectations about her testimony. “Her lawyers have made it clear that she will ...