Confirming that his client has received her subpoena from the House Oversight Committee and is set to be deposed on August 11th, Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer David Markus tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that “As for the Congressional subpoena, Ms Maxwell is taking this one step at a time. She looks forward to her meeting with the DOJ, and that discussion will help inform how she proceeds.”
Addressing Mike Johnson pre-questioning her credibility, Markus said “We understand Speaker Johnson’s general concern – Congress should always vet the credibility of its witnesses. But in this case, those concerns are unfounded. If Ms Maxwell agrees to testify before Congress and not take the 5th – and that remains a big if – she would testify truthfully, as she always has said she would and as she will with Mr Blanche. The truth should not be feared or preemptively dismissed. No previous prosecutor from the Southern District of New York or elsewhere has had the courage to meet with Ms Maxwell and ask her these important questions. So we are grateful to Mr Blanche and his DOJ that they are approaching this an open mind. That’s how our system is supposed to work.”