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By Matthew Cullen
The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena today requesting that the Justice Department hand over its files related to Jeffrey Epstein by Aug. 19. The committee also sent subpoenas to 10 former Democratic and Republican government officials it said it was seeking to question.
Should the Justice Department fail to meet the deadline, it could set up a high-profile clash between the Trump administration and Congress over an issue that has sharply divided Republicans. At a town hall held by Representative Mike Flood during which the Nebraska Republican was heckled and booed for over an hour, frustration over the handling of the case fueled some of the jeers.
Three Republicans broke from Trump to back the subpoena for the Epstein files. But they expanded the request to include the subpoenas for the 10 former officials, including Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and the former attorneys general Merrick Garland, William Barr and Jeff Sessions.
