JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S ACCOMPLICE Ghislaine Maxwell invoked her right to silence and declined to answer any questions put to her behind closed doors by members of the United States Congress yesterday. 

Maxwell, currently serving 20 years in prison for trafficking girls to deceased paedophile Epstein, faced questions from prison via video link, in a deposition by the House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee.

The British woman, 64, was asked several questions, including if she was a close friend of Epstein, if she played a role in Epstein’s recruitment and trafficking of girls, and if she instructed women or girls to provide sexual favours.

She was also asked if herself and Epstein attempted to surround themselves with influential figures to evade scrutiny, and for the names of conspirators.

Responding to each of the questions, Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment – the American constitutional right to remain silent.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Watch the moment Ghislaine Maxwell pleads the Fifth during her deposition.

She was asked if she was a close friend of Epstein, if she helped him traffic girls, and if she instructed girls to provide sexual favors, among other questions.

Total silence. pic.twitter.com/6yYAyqlw7y

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) February 9, 2026

Reading from a page at the beginning of the deposition, Maxwell said: “I would like to answer your question, but on the advice of counsel I respectfully decline to answer this question and any related questions.”

‘My Habeas petition is pending in the southern district of New York, I therefore invoke my right to silence, under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution”.

Maxwell was then asked if she was declining to answer the question as she believed the answer would incriminate her.

In response, she said: “I invoke my fifth amendment right to silence”.

After a series of questions, Maxwell was asked if she intended to plead the Fifth for every question. In response, she invoked her right to silence.

Her lawyer said that it was her intention.