Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly refused to answer questions during a deposition with Virginia Giuffre's lawyers and violated the Fifth Amendment, according to newly revealed court documents. It is said that he used it 500 times.
A set of documents unsealed by an investigator shows that Epstein used a constitutional amendment that gives Americans the right not to self-incriminate to ask at least three questions about former President Bill Clinton and about the Clinton Foundation. refused to answer at least one question. Friday in federal court in New York.
Epstein refused to answer even simple questions other than his name and tried to use the amendment to avoid having to disclose documents in discovery proceedings.
The question was raised in a September 2016 motion filed by Giuffre through his lawyers, asking the court that Epstein “repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment in his recent deposition.” It called for the government to compel the submission of documents and testimony in response to the invocation of the law.
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Using the Fifth Amendment, Epstein answers at least three questions about former President Bill Clinton and at least one question about the Clinton Foundation during a deposition with Virginia Giuffre's lawyers. He is said to have refused. (Getty Images)
The motion also argued that many of the questions Epstein refused to answer at the time “posed no significant risk of conviction.”
The motion included a list of questions that Giuffre and his team considered non-defamatory.
One of those questions asked Epstein to “describe every dinner you've ever had with Bill Clinton,” and another asked Epstein to “describe every dinner you've ever had with Bill Clinton.” “I asked him to confirm whether he had boarded the jet.”
During his deposition, Epstein was “asked to list all the locations.” [he] “Bill Clinton and Bill Clinton have been together for a long time,” but there was no response.
Epstein also remained silent when asked to explain all of his “interactions with the Clinton Foundation,” according to the motion.
The Fifth Amendment is one of the ten clauses of the Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791. The rights guaranteed in the Amendment apply to all U.S. citizens or residents and are further protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. supreme court.
Although the names of all former First Family members are now on record, no member of the Clinton family has been charged with any wrongdoing related to Epstein. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The ratified amendment included five clauses: the Due Process Clause, the Takes Clause, the Self-Incrimination Clause, the Double Jeopardy Clause, and the Grand Jury Clause.
Mr. Epstein made the decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment multiple times during depositions for Mr. Giuffre's lawyers, but on Friday evening another bundle of documents related to the case was unsealed. It was done after.
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The new announcement includes a deposition from Tony Figueroa, Epstein and Maxwell's driver and ex-girlfriend of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who said that he was involved with girls who appeared to be 16 or 17 years old. He claimed that he was often tasked with driving the man to his residence. He said Epstein would pay each person $200 each time he dropped them off.
He also claimed that Mr. Epstein, Mr. Giuffre, and Ghislaine Maxwell “all went out to clubs and picked up girls and tried to bring them back for Jeffrey.”
The documents unsealed this week also showed discovery requests for all photos of Maxwell taken during Chelsea Clinton's wedding.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend an event at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan, via Getty Images)
Although the names of all former First Family members are now on record, no member of the Clinton family has been charged with any wrongdoing related to Epstein. Earlier this week, the former president's press secretary denied the dossier's claim that Epstein and Clinton were close friends.
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Giuffre tried to remove the former president from office as part of her lawsuit, but a judge rejected her request.
FOX News' Michael Lewis contributed to this report.
