House Oversight Chair James Comer faced questions from Epstein survivors outside a deposition involving former Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi described her role in releasing Epstein-related files and said the federal government followed the law, delegating oversight to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Epstein died in 2019 while facing sex trafficking charges, and Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking coordinated with Epstein. Survivors challenged claims that trafficking involved only Epstein, and Comer was asked about leads not pursued and witnesses not interviewed. Comer said people including Epstein’s top assistant, lawyer, and accountant were brought in despite not being interviewed by prior investigators. Survivors also asked whether redactions would be addressed, citing repeated exposure of survivors’ names while perpetrators’ names were redacted.
"We're bringing people in that have never been brought in before. Most of the people, what I find fascinating about this is we brought in Epstein's top assistant, we've brought in Epstein lawyer, and we've got in Epstein's accountant. They were never interviewed by the people who were supposedly investigating Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. How do you not interview those three people? Comer said."
"Survivors' names over and over and were exposed, yet we see time and time again perpetrators' names have been redacted and they shouldn't have been. Are we going to get some answers about that? Stein asked. I hope so. Those are questions we're going to ask and we'r"
"In her opening statement, she claimed the federal government followed the law in releasing the files and said she delegated oversight of the effort to current Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche."
"Epstein died in 2019 of apparent suicide while facing sex trafficking charges. His longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving 20 years for sex trafficking, which the Department of Justice said she did in coordination with Epstein."
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