Congressional investigators issued a subpoena to Jeffrey Epstein's estate to obtain documents tracing his contacts, finances, legal agreements, and personal records. The subpoena requests a friends-compiled book for his 50th birthday, his will, prosecutorial agreements, contact books, and financial transactions and holdings. The Oversight Committee, led by Republican Rep. James Comer, cited probes into possible mismanagement of the federal investigation, the circumstances of Epstein's 2019 death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings, federal prevention strategies, and potential ethics violations by elected officials. The Justice Department has begun providing related materials to Congress.
The committee's subpoena is the latest effort by both Republicans and Democrats to respond to public clamor for more disclosure in the investigation into Epstein, who was found dead in his New York jail cell in 2019. Lawmakers are trying to guide an investigation into who among Epstein's high-powered social circle may have been aware of his sexual abuse of teenage girls, delving into a criminal case that has spurred conspiracy theories and roiled top officials in President Donald Trump's administration.
Comer wrote to the executors of Epstein's estate that the committee is reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government's investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein's death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, and potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials.
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