House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) has announced that the panel is escalating its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, issuing a subpoena to the late financier’s estate and demanding extensive records.
Epstein’s estate must hand over multiple documents, including sex trafficker’s call logs and the elusive “client list,” by September 8.
In a Monday letter to attorneys representing Epstein’s estate, Comer outlined the scope of the inquiry:
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, and potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials.”
Comer noted the estate is believed to be “in custody and control of documents that may further the Committee’s investigation and legislative goals.”
The Oversight chairman added that the executors had indicated a willingness to cooperate under subpoena.
The subpoena demands a wide array of materials, including:
• Epstein’s will
• Financial transactions
• Call and visitor logs
• All entries in a book compiled by Maxwell for Epstein’s 50th birthday
• “Any document or record that could reasonably be construed to be a potential list of clients involved in sex, sex acts, or sex trafficking facilitated by Mr. Jeffrey Epstein.”
An attorney for the estate said in a statement that the co-executors would comply with “all lawful process,” including the committee’s subpoena.
Comer also announced that former Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, who signed off on Epstein’s controversial 2008 non-prosecution agreement as U.S. attorney in Florida, will sit for a closed-door transcribed interview on September 19.
He was not compelled via subpoena.
That agreement, concealed from more than 30 underaged victims according to The Miami Herald, allowed Epstein to plead guilty to lesser state charges, serve just 13 months in county jail with work-release, and register as a sex offender.
It also shielded co-conspirators from prosecution and became a flashpoint during Maxwell’s 2021 trial and subsequent appeal.
The subpoena to Epstein’s estate follows a flurry of committee subpoenas earlier this month targeting high-profile officials tied to the case.
Comer sought depositions from former FBI Directors Robert Mueller and James Comey, ex-Attorneys General Bill Barr and Loretta Lynch, as well as former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Barr appeared last week for questioning.
Renewed interest in the Epstein case erupted on Capitol Hill after the Department of Justice declared its own review closed, concluding Epstein had no “client list,” did not blackmail “prominent individuals,” and died by “suicide” in a New York jail in 2019.
Republicans blasted that conclusion, demanding more transparency and accountability.
Democrats, meanwhile, have seized on divisions, accusing Republicans of politicizing the inquiry.
While the investigation began with bipartisan backing, unity quickly fractured.
Reps. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) walked out midway through Barr’s deposition, claiming Republicans failed to press him with tough questions.
Comer rejected the charge as baseless and urged Democrats not to “politicize a bipartisan investigation.”
The partisan split widened further when Comer emphasized that Barr’s testimony cleared former President Donald Trump of any Epstein-related wrongdoing.
House Oversight ranking member Robert Garcia (D-CA), who did not attend, countered in a statement that Barr had not “cleared” Trump.
Despite the disputes, Comer maintains the investigation will move forward aggressively.
With the subpoena of Epstein’s estate, the committee is demanding access to records that could finally shed light on the financier’s network, his associates, and the failures that allowed him to operate for years.
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