Overview
- The subpoena demands all investigative records related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation with victims’ identities redacted by August 19.
- Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, six ex-Attorneys General including Merrick Garland and William Barr, and former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller have been ordered to testify between mid-August and mid-October.
- Two Epstein survivors filed court letters opposing the unsealing of grand jury transcripts, warning that public disclosure could breach their privacy and describing the effort as political maneuvering.
- Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney has refused to comply with a congressional deposition subpoena without immunity, a condition the committee has declined to grant.
- Lawmakers from both parties backed the subpoenas to scrutinize the Justice Department’s decision to withhold a purported ’client list’ and to oversee its handling of non-prosecution agreements.