Ghislaine Maxwell to appear before US Congress in Epstein investigation

Ghislaine Maxwell with Jeffrey Epstein (US Department of Justice/PA)

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of billionaire paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, will appear before a US congressional committee next month.

The British former socialite, who is serving a 20-year federal prison sentence for sex trafficking, is scheduled to appear virtually before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on February 9.