U.S. Congress to depose Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

U.S. Congress to question Ghislaine Maxwell via videolink about Epstein's connections, as she may invoke her Fifth Amendment rights.

Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell will be questioned behind closed doors by the U.S. Congress on Monday (February 9, 2026), though she's expected to invoke her right to not answer questions.

Maxwell, currently serving 20 years in prison for trafficking girls to the disgraced financier Epstein, will face questions from prison via videolink, in a deposition by the House of Representatives' Oversight Committee.

Though no new U.S. prosecutions are expected after the latest dump of government files on Epstein, numerous political and business leaders have fallen into scandal or resigned as their ties to the convicted sex criminal were revealed.

The House Oversight Committee is probing Epstein's connections to powerful figures and how information about his crimes was handled.

Maxwell, however, is expected to invoke her right to not incriminate herself, guaranteed in the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution.

Epstein was convicted in 2008 of soliciting a minor. His extensive ties to the world's rich and powerful, especially after he was released in 2009, have become politically explosive across the globe.