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Edward Helmore in New York

Congress to subpoena Maxwell amid political firestorm over Epstein files

a man embracing a woman while talking on a phone
Ghislaine Maxwell with Jeffrey Epstein in an undated handout photo. Photograph: US Department of Justice/PA

Congress will subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned sex trafficker who was a close associate of the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, to testify amid a political firestorm over the Trump administration’s decision not to release its remaining Epstein files.

The Tennessee Republican Tim Burchett introduced a motion to compel Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence in a Florida prison for crimes related to the Epstein case, to testify before the House oversight committee.

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