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Stephen Lynch: “Ghislaine Maxwell indicated through her attorneys that…”

Featuring: Stephen Lynch, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 8th Congressional District

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Congressman Stephen F. Lynch on "CNN News Central" February 2, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 00:27

She's going to appear, but by all accounts, her lawyers say she is going to assert her Fifth Amendment rights. So what's the point? Well, we want to go through the process and give … Ghislaine Maxwell indicated through her attorneys that she'll exercise her Fifth Amendment rights and will not testify. … try every method to try to get to the bottom of all this. And certainly she is the one person who all of this was at Epstein's side, and she could unlock all of this by cooperation, but she has chosen not to do so. (00:27–00:35)

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Asserts that Ghislaine Maxwell will not testify by exercising her Fifth Amendment rights.

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