As the consequences of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse reverberate around Westminster and Buckingham Palace, in the US there was silence today from one of his key co-conspirators.
Called to give evidence to a congressional committee, his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the fifth amendment of the US constitution - the right to avoid self-incrimination.
Democrats expressed concern that she might be hoping for clemency from a President who has often seemed reluctant to take action against those caught up in what he's called "the Epstein hoax".
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