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Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Maxwell’s clemency pitch: can Epstein accomplice talk her way out of prison?

a document shows a photo of a woman
A photo of Ghislaine Maxwell in the cache of documents released by the justice department. Photograph: Jon Elswick/AP

When Ghislaine Maxwell refused to testify before Congress last week, she nonetheless insisted on her willingness to help.

Maxwell, who was convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein draw teenage girls into a world of sexual abuse, dangled the prospect of revealing truth before Congress and American public – so long as she was freed from jail.

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