House Oversight Committee To Subpoena Doj For Epstein Files

The House Oversight Committee will subpoena nan Justice Department to merchandise files tied to nan lawsuit of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein aft a subcommittee voted connected nan matter Wednesday, according to a committee spokesperson.

The lawsuit “will beryllium issued successful nan future,” nan spokesperson said, without providing further specifications connected nan timing.

The forthcoming lawsuit follows a group of Republicans successful nan Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee joining Democrats successful an 8-2 ballot to o.k. a mobility by Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., to compel nan DOJ to merchandise files tied to Epstein, a convicted activity offender who died successful situation successful 2019.

The lawsuit would petition nan redaction of names of victims and immoderate personally identifying information. The materials would beryllium reviewed internally by nan committee and would not beryllium for nationalist release.

Subcommittee Chairman Clay Higgins, R-La., and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., were nan only nary votes. Republican Reps. Nancy Mace, S.C., Scott Perry, Pa., and Brian Jack, Ga., voted pinch Democrats to o.k. nan motion.

Subpoenas will besides beryllium issued to erstwhile President Bill Clinton, erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, erstwhile FBI board James Comey and Robert Mueller, and erstwhile attorneys wide Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales arsenic portion of an investigation into Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, pursuing a mobility from Perry.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year situation condemnation following her condemnation connected national activity trafficking charges successful 2021.

Earlier connected Wednesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Maxwell for a deposition astatine nan Federal Correctional Institution successful Tallahassee, Florida, connected Aug. 11, citing "immense nationalist liking and scrutiny."

Trump and his Republican friends person sought to blasted Democrats and distract from nan firestorm surrounding Epstein, moreover though Trump's supporters promoted conspiracy theories tied to Epstein’s decease successful situation for galore years. On nan run trail, Trump said he would person “no problem” looking into a database of Epstein’s clients if he were elected. But precocious he has downplayed nan issue, saying he doesn’t want nan support of those pushing nan Epstein “bulls---.”

The Justice Department said successful a memo this period that a reappraisal of nan lawsuit files had not turned up a customer database and that location was “no reliable grounds recovered that Epstein blackmailed salient individuals arsenic portion of his actions."

Many of Trump’s supporters person disregarded Trump's calls to move connected from nan records, prompting nan president to nonstop Attorney General Pam Bondi to activity nan merchandise of nan files past week. The Justice Department has a pending petition to unseal expansive assemblage transcripts successful nan Southern District of New York, wherever Epstein was indicted.