Jeffrey Epstein’s former defense lawyer wants the financier’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, to receive immunity if she testifies before Congress.
Maxwell, 63, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after she was convicted of child sex trafficking and other charges in 2021 in connection with Epstein. Now, attorney Alan Dershowitz says she “knows everything” about Epstein’s sex trafficking case and is prepared to testify before Congress — if she’s granted immunity.
“She knows everything. She is the Rosetta Stone. She knows everything. She arranged every single trip with everybody. She knows everything,” Dershowitz said on Fox News Sunday.
“If she were just given use immunity, she could be compelled to testify,” he added. “I’m told that she actually would be willing to testify, and there’d be no reason for her to withhold any information.”
Epstein died by suicide in a New York City jail cell on August 10, 2019, while facing federal sex trafficking charges. He had pleaded guilty to separate prostitution charges in 2008.
Dershowitz says he doesn’t see “any negative” in granting Maxwell immunity to testify about her co-conspirator.
The Trump administration has come under heavy fire this month after the Justice Department and FBI said officials would not release any more evidence related to the Epstein investigation. The agencies also claimed that Epstein did not keep a “client list,” even after Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested the document was on her desk months prior.
The memo came after Trump’s former ally Elon Musk made an X post alleging the president was named in the Epstein files. Musk has since deleted the post.
Amid the backlash, Trump ordered Bondi to unseal grand jury testimony related to Epstein. The Justice Department filed that request with a federal judge on Friday.
At the same time, the Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell report detailing an alleged 50th birthday card that Trump sent to Epstein. The Journal described 2003 note as including a drawing of a naked woman.
The report states Trump ended the note with a birthday wish for Epstein: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Trump denied the letter was his, and has since sued the Wall Street Journal, its parent companies and its owner, Robert Murdoch.
Meanwhile, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for the administration to release more information on Epstein. Republican Representative Thomas Massie and Democratic Representative Ro Khanna are hoping to force a vote in the House on a resolution calling for the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, Politico reports.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
