Overview
- Chairman James Comer said the panel is arranging a closed-door deposition with Bill Clinton as part of its Epstein inquiry.
- Comer also said Democrats have slowed planned depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton that were subpoenaed and postponed earlier this month.
- The committee has released tens of thousands of pages, including Epstein estate schedules and a “Birthday Book,” and published an interview transcript with Alex Acosta.
- Comer cited a deposition of Bill Barr and Acosta’s interview to assert the probe has found no evidence implicating President Trump in Epstein’s crimes.
- A discharge petition to force a vote to release unclassified DOJ records sits one signature short, with Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva not yet sworn in as Speaker Mike Johnson calls the petition superfluous during the shutdown.