Overview

• House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer subpoenaed Maxwell to testify at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee on August 11 to probe Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network.
• Rep. Tim Burchett suggested that Republicans might leverage a reduced sentence in exchange for her cooperation, warning that any lies would trigger reinstatement of her original life term.
• Any alteration to Maxwell’s 20-year sentence would depend on intervention by the Justice Department and approval from a federal judge.
• Lawmakers aim to extract detailed disclosures on Epstein’s financial dealings and high-profile associates through her deposition.
• Maxwell was convicted in late 2021 for building Epstein’s sex trafficking operation and is serving a 20-year prison term in Florida.