You Vote: Amid new FBI findings and Ghislaine Maxwell taking the Fifth, what should happen next?

An attorney for Maxwell said his client listened to his advice, invoking the Fifth until President Donald Trump agrees to grant her clemency, which comes as she attempts to get her sentence reduced or vacated.

Published: February 9, 2026 8:50pm

The FBI has found that late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not run a sex trafficking ring for powerful people, according to a report.

California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna pushed Monday for Ghislaine Maxwell to be sent back to the maximum security prison she was incarcerated at in Florida, after she invoked the Fifth Amendment in a deposition before the House Oversight Committee. 

Maxwell appeared before the panel Monday as part of the committee's probe into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

She has been convicted of sex-trafficking and is currently serving her 20-year sentence at a woman's prison in Texas, which she was moved to last year.

An attorney for Maxwell said his client listened to his advice, invoking the Fifth until President Donald Trump agrees to grant her clemency, which comes as she attempts to get her sentence reduced or vacated, citing "substantial new evidence" in the case.

"If this Committee and the American public truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened, there is a straightforward path," her attorney, David Markus, posted on X. "Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump. 

And X owner Elon Musk on Monday offered to pay the legal fees of any victims of Jeffrey Epstein should they publicly identify their other alleged abusers and face lawsuits for such actions.

You Vote: Amid new FBI findings and Ghislaine Maxwell taking the Fifth, what should happen next?

Trump should commute her sentence but only if she is completely candid and it can be verified
3% (123 votes)
They should put Maxwell back in the less cushy prison
21% (746 votes)
Some of Epstein's victims should take Elon Musk up on his offer to pay for their lawyers if they name the people who abused them
29% (1046 votes)
Joe Biden and Merrick Garland should be questioned under oath about why they never released any of the files when they were in office
12% (421 votes)
The left will never let go of this as they see it as their best weapon against Trump, regardless of what's in the files
34% (1214 votes)
Total votes: 3550

 

 

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