House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Jeffrey Epstein's estate seeking records tied to his network, prosecutions, finances, and personal contacts. Rep. James Comer signed the subpoena demanding a 50th-birthday book compiled with friends' notes, Epstein's last will and testament, agreements he signed with prosecutors, contact books, and financial transaction and holding records. The committee is reviewing possible mismanagement of federal investigations into Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, circumstances of Epstein's 2019 death, operations of sex-trafficking rings, and potential ethics violations by elected officials. The Justice Department has begun providing documentation of the federal probe and released transcripts of interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell.
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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