Ghislaine Maxwell, the former partner of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything improper in their associations with Epstein.

The House Oversight Committee had wanted Maxwell to respond to questions during a video call to the federal prison camp in Texas where she is serving a 20-year sentence related to exploitation and trafficking offenses, but she invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that could be self-incriminating. She has come under renewed scrutiny as lawmakers investigate how Epstein, a well-connected financier, was able to mistreat young victims for years.

Amid a broader reckoning over Epstein’s misconduct that has drawn global attention, lawmakers are examining individuals who were connected to him and may have enabled that behavior. So far, public records show that both Trump and Clinton spent time with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s, but neither has been formally accused of wrongdoing.

During the closed-door deposition Monday, an attorney for Maxwell told lawmakers that if Trump granted her clemency, she would be willing to testify that neither Trump nor Clinton were responsible for misconduct in their associations with Epstein, according to both Democratic and Republican lawmakers who exited the meeting.

Democrats said that appeared to be an effort by Maxwell to have Trump reduce or end her prison sentence.

“It’s very clear she’s campaigning for clemency,” said Rep. Melanie Stansbury, a New Mexico Democrat.

Another Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, described Maxwell’s demeanor during the short video call as “robotic” and “unrepentant.”

Trump has not ruled out granting Maxwell clemency, but Republican opposition to that idea quickly increased after her appeal.

“NO CLEMENCY,” Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote on social media. “You must cooperate and be held accountable.”

Maxwell has been seeking to have her conviction overturned, arguing that she was wrongfully convicted. The Supreme Court rejected her appeal last year, but in December she requested that a federal judge in New York review what her attorneys described as “substantial new evidence” suggesting constitutional concerns during her trial.

Maxwell’s attorney cited that petition as he told lawmakers she would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights.

The Republican chair of the committee, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, told reporters that it was “very disappointing” that Maxwell declined to participate in the deposition.

Family members of the late Virginia Giuffre, one of the most outspoken individuals who accused Epstein of misconduct, also released a letter to Maxwell making it clear they did not consider her “a bystander” to Epstein’s actions.

“You were a central, deliberate participant in a system built to find young people, isolate them, manipulate them, and expose them to harm,” Sky and Amanda Roberts wrote in the letter addressed to Maxwell.

Maxwell was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a low-security prison camp in Texas last summer after she participated in two days of interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Comer had also subpoenaed her at the time, but her attorneys have consistently told the committee that she would not respond to questions. However, Comer came under pressure to proceed with the deposition as he pushed for the committee to enforce subpoenas on Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. After Comer threatened them with contempt of Congress proceedings, they both agreed to sit for depositions later this month.

Comer has been negotiating with the Clintons over whether that testimony should be held in a public hearing, but he reiterated Monday that he intends to conduct closed-door depositions and later release transcripts and video.

Meanwhile, several lawmakers planned Monday to review unredacted versions of the Epstein-related files that the Department of Justice released in compliance with legislation passed by Congress last year.