00:00Mr. Efting, how long have you been sexually attracted to underage minor females?
00:06Objection, harassing, argumentative.
00:09Are you kidding?
00:13No, I mean, I don't feel like I'm divulging any secrets here, right?
00:19Move to strike.
00:21No, that's the question.
00:22I'd like to answer that question as well.
00:24I'll get all your other questions today.
00:25However, I have to follow my attorney's advice.
00:30They have told me that I must invoke my 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment right to not answer those questions today
00:38or any questions relevant to this lawsuit.
00:41What was the name of any of the underage minors that were the subject of the criminal charges to which you pled guilty?
00:55I don't know.
01:01So tell me about those charges.
01:07What were the allegations of those charges for them?
01:14Solicitation of prostitution.
01:17Okay.
01:18Not underage prostitution, prostitution.
01:20Were the victims, or the prostitutes, as you would say, were they minors?
01:28Form.
01:29I pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution.
01:33Okay.
01:34So tell me what those cases were about.
01:36What happened?
01:36I can't tell you any more than that.
01:41You don't know what you pled guilty to?
01:43I just told you.
01:43Objective form.
01:44That's asked and answered.
01:48Do you know what you pled guilty to?
01:49The facts.
01:50Solicitation of prostitution.
01:52I understand that's the charge.
01:53What were the underlying facts?
01:55Sorry.
01:55What did you do?
01:55Did you pull up in a car, talk to the person?
01:58Did they come over to your house?
01:59How did you get them?
02:00Those kind of things.
02:00Tell the jury.
02:02What were the underlying facts about the charge that you pled guilty to?
02:06Form.
02:06Moved to strike.
02:07I don't know.
02:09You don't know what you pled guilty to?
02:11I pled guilty to solicitation of prostitution.
02:14Not underage prostitution, but prostitution.
02:16And just so the jury understands, these three females that were the subject of the guilty
02:24pleas in state court were procured by your method of having underage minor females locate
02:34other underage minor females and bring them to your house.
02:36Isn't that correct?
02:37Objection.
02:38Argumentative.
02:39Compound.
02:40Harassing.
02:41Assumes facts.
02:41Not in evidence.
02:42You have to repeat the question.
02:45Okay.
02:50Are all people that were, at the time you engaged in sexual activity with them, were underage
02:58and were brought by other underage minor females?
03:01Is that true?
03:01Same objections incorporated.
03:03Okay.
03:07As well as the motion to strike.
03:09I don't understand.
03:16I'm sorry.
03:17I don't think you understand the question.
03:19Isn't it true that you used underage minor females to bring other underage minor females
03:23to your house for sex?
03:26Ask and answer.
03:29Way earlier on.
03:32Oh, well, he doesn't understand the question, so I'm going through the progression.
03:35Not a problem.
03:36But it is ask and answer.
03:37As your firm, Mr. Edwards and Mr. Jaffe, have been described by the U.S. Attorney as perpetrating
03:45one of the largest frauds in South Florida's history by crafting malicious cases of a sexual
03:51nature against people like me and others in order to fleece using bogus schemes, in the
03:58U.S. Attorney's words, investment schemes.
04:00Unfortunately, though, I'd like to answer every one of your questions, if I'm able.
04:04My attorneys advise me I must assert my Sixth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and Fifth
04:10Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution.
04:13Therefore, at the moment, I cannot answer that question.
04:15Ms. Maxwell, were you a close friend and confidant of Jeffrey Epstein?
04:19I would like to answer your question, but on the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline
04:27to answer this question and any related questions.
04:32My habeas petition is pending in the Southern District of New York.
04:36I, therefore, invoke my right to silence under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
04:44Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
04:50Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
04:52Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
04:56the answer will incriminate you?
04:59I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
05:02Ms. Maxwell, did you, at any time, play any role in Jeffrey Epstein's activities involving
05:10the recruitment, grooming, or trafficking of young women or girls?
05:15I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
05:20Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
05:26Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
05:28Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
05:32the answer will incriminate you?
05:35I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
05:40Ms. Maxwell, have you ever coerced, directed, or otherwise instructed any young woman or girl
05:46to provide sexual favors to Mr. Epstein or any other individual?
05:52I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
05:54Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
06:02Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
06:05Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
06:09the answer will incriminate you?
06:12I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
06:17Ms. Maxwell, did you and Jeffrey Epstein attempt to surround yourselves with influential individuals
06:22to courage, favor, and shield yourselves from potential scrutiny?
06:27I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
06:31Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
06:37Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
06:39Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
06:43the answer will incriminate you?
06:46I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
06:49I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
06:52Ms. Maxwell, can you please provide us with all the names of other additional co-conspirators
06:58to the crimes perpetuated by you and Jeffrey Epstein?
07:03I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
07:07Let the record reflect that Ms. Maxwell has invoked the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination.
07:13Ms. Maxwell, please be very clear.
07:16Are you declining to answer the question put to you solely on the ground that you believe
07:20the answer will incriminate you?
07:21I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
07:27Ms. Maxwell, is it your intention to answer every question put to you by the committee today
07:32with the assertion of your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination?
07:37I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence.
07:39The answer to that is yes also.
07:41So just as her lawyer, I'll tell you yes, that's her intention.
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