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House Oversight Subpoenas DOJ for Epstein Case Files and Officials’ Testimony

The committee has given the Justice Department until August 19 to hand over unredacted Epstein materials, scheduling depositions through October to probe federal enforcement of sex-trafficking laws.

Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton with Jeffrey Epstein. (Getty Images)
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FILE - Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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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.