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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 discuss 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.
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.
Meanwhile, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for the administration to release more information on Epstein.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
