Epstein co-conspirator refuses to answer lawmakers' questions

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🗓️ 9 February 2026

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On Monday, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's convicted co-conspirator, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights during a virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee. Investigative journalist Vicky Ward talks about what that means and explains how the release of files related to the Epstein investigation threatens to take down UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

And, pro-democracy advocate and former media mogul Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison after he was convicted in a Hong Kong court last year on charges of endangering national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. His daughter Claire Lai joins us.

Then, Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show took viewers on a musical tour of Puerto Rico. Alana Casanova-Burgess of the podcast “La Brega” dissects his performance.

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0:00.0	Support for here and now anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design.
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0:17.8	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:22.6	We will bring her back so that she can answer questions and hopefully finally start to answer questions truthfully.
0:28.5	Gellon Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's convicted co-conspirator, evades questions in a deposition before a congressional committee.
0:50.5	It's Monday, February 9th, and this is Herein Now Anytime from NPR and WBOR, Boston.
0:51.9	I'm Shiko The Uri.
1:00.5	Today on the show, Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing,
1:06.7	was sentenced to 20 years in prison. It's the longest punishment given so far under a Chinese-imposed national security law. And... Bad Bunny electrifies the Super Bowl half-time show.
1:21.5	But first, Jeffrey Upstein's co-conspirator Galen Maxwell dodged questions during a deposition
1:27.3	in front of the House Oversight Committee today.
1:30.2	Maxwell was convicted in 2021 for her role in luring underage girls for Epstein to exploit and is currently serving a 20-year sentence.
1:39.0	She appeared for today's deposition virtually from prison as part of the Republican-led committee's investigation into Epstein's network.
1:47.5	But as expected, she avoided questions, invoking her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
1:54.8	Vicki Ward is an investigative journalist who has been following all of this.
1:58.7	She breaks down the latest with Robin Young.
2:01.2	I mean, she had always said that she wouldn't talk unless guaranteed immunity.
2:08.8	And, you know, that wasn't going to happen.
2:11.7	You know, her brother, Kevin, spoke to British media over the weekend and said that, you know, she doesn't have access to a laptop.
2:21.9	And that given the enormity of the number of files that's been released, it would not be in her interest to start answering questions when she has no idea of some of the content that's been released.
2:35.1	Well, especially in the UK, boy, these release files have really been a bombshell in the UK.
2:42.2	We know that Prime Minister Kier Starrmer appointed Peter Mandelson as ambassador.
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