WASHINGTON ― House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) announced Monday he’d sent a subpoena to the estate of late sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Comer’s new demand for documents is the latest development since the Trump administration said last month it would not release any of its investigatory files about Epstein, a former friend of President Donald Trump’s who died in prison after being charged with sex trafficking minors in 2019.
“It is imperative that Congress conduct oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Epstein and [his former partner Ghislaine] Maxwell,” Comer wrote in a cover letter accompanying the subpoena.
The letter indicated Epstein’s estate had already agreed to hand over documents if a subpoena was issued. It’s not clear what the documents might reveal.
In response to a subpoena issued earlier this month, last week the Justice Department delivered a batch of files to Comer’s committee. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the committee’s top Democrat, said most of the material had previously been made public.
