The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the estate of Jeffrey Epstein demanding documents including a birthday book, his will, prosecutor agreements, contact books, and financial records. Representative James Comer signed the subpoena as committee chair. The committee is reviewing alleged mismanagement of federal investigations into Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, circumstances around Epstein's death, operations of sex-trafficking rings, federal responses to trafficking, and potential ethics violations by elected officials. The Justice Department began providing documentation and Maxwell interview transcripts to lawmakers. Democrats on the committee remain dissatisfied with the records provided, describing the material as largely incomplete.
The committee's subpoena is the latest effort by both Republicans and Democrats to respond to public clamor for more disclosure in the investigation into Epstein, who was found dead in his New York jail cell in 2019. Lawmakers are trying to guide an investigation into who among Epstein's high-powered social circle may have been aware of his sexual abuse of teenage girls, delving into a criminal case that has spurred conspiracy theories and roiled top officials in President Donald Trump's administration.
Comer wrote to the executors of Epstein's estate that the committee "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."
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