Maxwell would refuse to answer questions about Epstein while her case remains pending, but “would be willing—and eager—to testify openly and honestly, in public” if Trump pardons her, her lawyer said.

If those demands are not met, her lawyers said, Maxwell would “have no choice but to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights.”

"Any testimony she provides now could compromise her constitutional rights, prejudice her legal claims, and potentially taint a future jury pool," attorney David Oscar Marcus said