Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer issued quite a few new subpoenas on Tuesday — together with one to the Division of Justice for the whole Jeffrey Epstein information and one other for depositions within the coming months with former President Invoice Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Comer stated he needs the Justice Division to show over the “full, full, unredacted Epstein Information” on or earlier than Aug. 19.
Home Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer speaks to the media, July 24, 2025 in Washington
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“Whereas the Division undertakes efforts to uncover and publicly disclose further data associated to Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell’s instances, it’s crucial that Congress conduct oversight of the federal authorities’s enforcement of intercourse trafficking legal guidelines typically and particularly its dealing with of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell,” Comer wrote in a subpoena to Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi.
Along with the Clintons, the Republican-led panel issued subpoenas for depositions from James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Periods and Alberto Gonzales. Republicans on the committee stated they’re searching for data from these officers relating to the Epstein information.
Some Republicans have fueled the Epstein intrigue and conspiracies surrounding the case for years, with President Donald Trump himself weighing in a number of instances. Some have questioned who else might be on an alleged “consumer record.” The Justice Division and FBI stated in a short memo final month {that a} evaluation discovered no such record existed.
Jeffrey Epstein seems in {a photograph} taken for the New York State Division of Legal Justice Providers’ intercourse offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.
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Comer’s subpoenas come after Democrats on the panel compelled a vote to challenge a subpoena proper earlier than recess the place three Home Republicans supported the trouble. Republicans on the committee pushed to amend that subpoena to incorporate communications from Biden administration officers and the DOJ — in addition to the Clintons.
Oversight Rating Member Rep. Robert Garcia stated final month that the transfer was a part of Democrats’ battle for “for transparency and accountability on the Epstein information.”
A congressional subpoena is a proper authorized order issued by a congressional committee or particular person compelling their testimony.
Epstein was charged with intercourse trafficking and died by suicide in jail in 2019. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s affiliate, was arrested and charged with intercourse trafficking in 2020 throughout the first Trump administration and convicted in 2021.
ABC Information’ Sarah Beth Hensley contributed to this report.
