<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-files-ghislaine-maxwell-declines-to-answer-questions-from-house-committee-citing-5th-amendment-rights/d4743541-1405-4013-bde5-58102cf93ec8" rel="" target="" title="Ghislaine Maxwell"><span>Ghislaine Maxwell</span></a><span> has offered to testify to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span>'s innocence in exchange for clemency, her lawyer has told Congress.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The long-time girlfriend and accomplice of sex offender </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/jeffrey-epstein" target="" title="Jeffrey Epstein"><span>Jeffrey Epstein</span></a><span> refused to answer questions when called to testify before Congress.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But she would do so, if she was let out of prison, attorney David Oscar Markus said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/king-charles-speaks-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-jeffrey-epstein/17dd1139-1978-4063-aa32-1d5199f1c658" rel="" target="" title="King Charles' explosive declaration over brother's Epstein links"><strong><span>King Charles' explosive declaration over brother's Epstein links</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Ms Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Only she can provide the complete account. Some may not like what they hear, but the truth matters. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"For example, both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/ghislaine-maxwell-donald-trump-clemency-testimony-congress-howard-lutnick-usa-politics-news/d2e0f01b-45e5-48b4-a22e-4b832c8dc95f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Markus said he urged Maxwell to invoke the Fifth Amendment because she has a pending appeal petition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"On my advice, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/ghislaine-maxwell" rel="" target="" title="Ghislaine Maxwell"><span>Ghislaine Maxwell</span></a><span> will respectfully invoke her Fifth Amendment right to silence and decline to answer questions today even though she would very much like to answer your questions," he said in a statement to Congress.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Fifth Amendment is a US constitutional right not to answer questions so as not to incriminate oneself.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In my opinion, they have filed this writ of habeas corpus just to use it as an excuse to not answer more questions because again, we know that she's a monster," Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Maxwell is a few years into a 20-year sentence for child sex trafficking.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-files-testify-congress-house-oversight-usa-news/759f2255-ba69-4397-82c3-ab8af43d5bb2"><strong><span>Clintons make a deal that could keep them out of prison</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She is being held at a Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was transferred to the lowest security federal prison in America after speaking to Trump-appointed deputy attorney general Todd Blanche.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The details of that interview have not been revealed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna called on Maxwell to be moved back to a maximum security prison after refusing to testify.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Who were the other men who raped these underage girls?" he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Did she have any conversations about a deal with Donald Trump?</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Why did she not plead the Fifth when Blanche asked her questions, and now she's pleading the Fifth about things that don't implicate her but implicate many of the other people in the Epstein class?"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, Democrats </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/jeffrey-epstein" rel="" target="" title="investigating the Epstein files"><span>investigating the Epstein files</span></a><span> said Trump's name had been redacted in many places where it shouldn't be.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/epstein-files-update-uk-police-force-assesses-claims-former-prince-andrew-sent-sensitive-trade-reports-to-jeffrey-epstein/2ff5be9c-fe0b-4c5e-8570-5aa203c31f2c"><strong><span>Will and Kate break silence on Andrew's Epstein scandal</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Epstein's lawyers synopsised and quoted Trump as saying that Jeffrey Epstein was not a member of his club at Mar-a-Lago, but he was a guest at Mar-a-Lago and he had never been asked to leave," Rep. Jamie Raskin said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And that was redacted for some indeterminate, inscrutable reason."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They are calling for </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/steel-aluminium-us-tariffs-on-australia-penny-wong-peter-dutton-trade-blows/4115539d-b985-4e45-ac22-98995e6603c4" rel="" target="" title="Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick"><span>Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick</span></a><span> to be fired after emails between him and Epstein were revealed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lutnick had publicly claimed he had met Epstein once and resolved he wanted to never meet him again.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the emails revealed Lutnick discussed visiting Epstein's island years after the financier was convicted for soliciting a child for prostitution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein. Now we learned that they were in business together," Democratic Senator Adam Schiff said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He has no business being our Commerce Secretary. He should resign."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/this-job-sucks-trump-administration-lawyer-tells-court-julie-le-minnesota-usa-news/67f0feaa-9b06-414e-82ee-3995aff1cf98" rel="" target="" title="'This job sucks': Trump administration lawyer opens up in court"><strong><span>'This job sucks': Trump administration lawyer opens up in court</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Garcia was joined by Republican Thomas Massie in his calls.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Really, (Lutnick) should make life easier on the president, frankly, and just resign," Massie said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-case-subpoena-contempt-congress-james-comer/de96914d-8d54-4e07-a3cf-13aeb8384b41" rel="" target="" title="House Oversight Committee James Comer"><span>House Oversight Committee James Comer</span></a><span> has declined to support a subpoena for Lutnick.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-files-testify-congress-house-oversight-usa-news/759f2255-ba69-4397-82c3-ab8af43d5bb2" rel="" target="" title="Bill and Hillary Clinton"><span>Bill and Hillary Clinton</span></a><span> are set to testify before the committee this week.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The testimonies will take place behind closed doors despite the pair calling for the hearing to be public.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/melania-trump-box-office-bomb-session-times-australia-usa-politics-news/83eb9bc0-fd79-4667-bba5-6caef958fcab" target="" title="Melania Trump's movie bombs at the Australian box office"><strong><span>Melania Trump's movie bombs at the Australian box office</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><p><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=9news.com.au"><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></a></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>