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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-10T06:52:02.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThis is the moment convicted sex-trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions in a congressional deposition.\n\nMaxwell invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination while being grilled by the US House's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Monday.\n\nMaxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in helping Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.\n\nDemocrats on the House committee accused her of using her deposition to campaign for clemency from Donald Trump.\n\nThey are now calling on the US President to rule out doing such a deal.\n\nDavid Markus, Maxwell's lawyer, said he advised her to plead the Fifth as she has a pending habeas petition which \"demonstrates that her conviction rests on a fundamentally unfair trial\".\n\nHer grilling came as US Congressmen Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie were the first lawmakers to lay eyes the unredacted Epstein files on Monday.\n\nMillions of files, though many redacted, have been released by the US Department of Justice so far - drawing in Lord Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and more.\n\n_**WATCH THE CLIP ABOVE FOR MORE**_",
  "title": "WATCH: Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to answer questions in chilling interview from jail"
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