Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) revealed Wednesday that Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, will sit for a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Feb. 9.

Maxwell — who has already been interviewed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche — is serving a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Epstein to sex-traffick dozens of girls, some as young as 14.

Comer announced Maxwell’s appearance during a markup of contempt resolutions against former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Ghislaine Maxwell is serving decades in prison for her involvement in Epstein’s sex trafficking. via REUTERS

Neither had answered subpoenas compelling their appearance, prompting Republicans on the Oversight panel to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings.

Maxwell initially had been scheduled for an Aug. 11 deposition at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Fla., before being moved to a cushier medium-security detention center in Texas dubbed “Club Fed.”

Tuesday afternoon, Maxwell’s attorney requested a deferral of the February deposition — and suggested clemency for her conviction would be the only way to hold a public hearing.

“If the Committee proceeds now, Ms. Maxwell will invoke her privilege against self-incrimination and decline to answer questions,” said defense lawyer David Oscar Markus, noting an ongoing appeal to overturn her 2021 conviction in Manhattan federal court.

Ghislaine Maxwell massaging Jeffrey Epstein’s feet on his private jet in an undated photo. ZUMAPRESS.com

“If, notwithstanding these constraints, the Committee intends to proceed for reasons unrelated to obtaining substantive testimony, we ask that any examination be conducted by remote video deposition rather than an in-person prison appearance,” Markus added.

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“Of course, in the alternative, if Ms. Maxwell were to receive clemency,  she would be willing—and eager—to testify openly and honestly, in public, before Congress in Washington, D.C.”

The UK-born socialite did not make any bombshell claims about herself, Epstein or any of their past associates — including Presidents Trump or Clinton — during a nine-hour sitdown with Blanche this past July.

“I never witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting in any way,” Maxwell told Blanche of Trump’s interactions with her and Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s.

The 63-year-old also provided almost no new information on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York; ex-Harvard University President Larry Summers; Microsoft founder Bill Gates, or former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, had previously told reporters his client answered questions about “100 different people” linked to Epstein.

In the DOJ interview, Maxwell instead compared the frenzied speculation about Epstein’s alleged “client list” and possible blackmail of associates to “a Salem witch trial.”

Clinton also “never” visited Epstein’s “pedophile island” in the US Virgin Islands, despite separate claims to the contrary from a victim and an IT employee who worked on the remote outpost.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform markup business meeting on Jan. 21, 2026, on Capitol Hill. AP

“That narrative that was created and then built upon, and it just mushroomed into what — basically this is like a Salem witch trial,” Maxwell told Blanche.

“People have gone and lost their minds for this thing. I understand that. But the issue is, how do you satisfy a mob who can’t understand the lifestyle? Because it’s like P. Diddy in redux on TV with Clintons and Trump.”