House Republicans Postpone Maxwell Deposition

House Republicans agreed Friday to postpone an Aug. 11 deposition by convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, hours after she was transferred to a low-security federal prison in Texas.

Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) denied requests from Maxwell’s lawyer David Oscar Markus to provide immunity in exchange for her testimony — but agreed to push the interview back until after the US Supreme Court considers an appeal of the disgraced socialite’s 2021 federal conviction.

Maxwell, 63, was moved from the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Tallahassee on Friday to a Bryan, Texas, facility dubbed “Club Fed” for its cushy accoutrements, as her lawyer still seeks avenues to overturn a 20-year sentence for the trafficking and abuse of dozens of minors — some as young as 14 years old.

“Regarding your requested conditions, the Committee is willing to continue to engage in good faith negotiations,” Comer wrote to Markus.

“However, the Committee is unwilling to grant you congressional immunity … at this time,” he said. “Further, while the Committee is unwilling to send you questions in advance, the Committee will continue its long-standing practice of engaging in forthright and detailed discussions about scoping.”

“On July 30, the U.S. Supreme Court noticed that your petition for writ of certiorari will be considered at its conference on September 29,” Comer added. “In light of this notice, the Committee is willing to delay your deposition until a date following the Court’s certiorari determination.”

“We acknowledge Chairman Comer’s letter and appreciate the Committee’s willingness to delay Ms. Maxwell’s deposition while her case is pending before the Supreme Court,” Markus and fellow attorney Melissa Madrigal said in a statement.

“We will continue to engage with Congress in good faith to find a way for Ms. Maxwell to share her information without compromising her constitutional rights.”

It’s unclear why Maxwell was moved. The Bureau of Prisons and her lawyer confirmed she was incarcerated in the new facility, which has “limited or no perimeter fencing,” according to an agency website.

“When you hear people say ‘Club Fed,’ they’re talking about places like FPC Bryan,” Josh Lepird, regional vice president for the prison officers’ union that includes workers at Maxwell’s new camp, told the Houston Chronicle on Friday.

FPC Bryan inmates “typically only go to a camp if you have just a couple years left,” Lepird added. “But if someone is a cooperating witness, they can request a lower security level.”

White-collar fraudsters like former Theranos boss Elizabeth Holmes and ex-“Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star-turned-convicted scammer Jen Shah reside there.

President Trump has the power to pardon Maxwell or to release her from prison through a sentence commutation but noted earlier this week he hasn’t been approached by anyone asking for clemency.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, however, interviewed Maxwell on July 24 and 25, during which she reportedly answered questions about “100 different people” linked to Epstein.

The disgraced British socialite was reportedly granted proffer immunity, but Markus told reporters afterward that false statements would have resulted in further charges.

Markus maintained in an earlier letter to Comer that the feds also broke a non-prosecution agreement his client was promised in 2007, when a Florida-based case against Epstein resulted in him pleading guilty to state charges and registering as a sex offender.

“It broke that promise only after Mr. Epstein died in 2019—at which point Ms. Maxwell became a convenient scapegoat,” he said.

Prosecutors brought charges against Maxwell for conspiring with Epstein in his sickening crimes after the 66-year-old was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019, while awaiting trial.

During her own trial, Maxwell was said by prosecutors to have demonstrated a “significant pattern of dishonest conduct,” according to court filings.

Four women also testified about being groomed and abused by the “sophisticated predator,” as prosecutors referred to Maxwell.

Her prison term is supposed to end in 2037.