Overview

• During Sunday’s Fox News interview, Vice President JD Vance alleged former President Bill Clinton visited Epstein’s private island 26 to 28 times and endorsed new subpoenas for testimony and records.
• House Oversight Committee chair James Comer has issued deposition subpoenas for Bill and Hillary Clinton to appear in October alongside former attorneys general and FBI directors.
• A July memo from the Justice Department and FBI effectively closed the Epstein case and barred further public releases, a move now facing renewed scrutiny.
• Vance accused President Biden’s administration of four years of inaction on Epstein despite President Trump’s call for full transparency, drawing criticism over Trump’s own ties to Epstein.
• Reactions on social media—from CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski to Bill Kristol—have coalesced into bipartisan demands to unseal the so-called “Epstein Files,” with redactions limited to personal identifiers.