The Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition in federal prison next month and also moved to subpoena former President Bill Clinton for a deposition related to the late financier’s sex scandal.
The Oversight Federal Law Enforcement subcommittee also voted on Wednesday in a bipartisan fashion to subpoena the Epstein files, as demand for their release has not subsided after the Department of Justice announced that Epstein died by suicide and a so-called “client list” did not exist.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) subpoenaed Maxwell for a deposition at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida, on Aug. 11, according to a release.
“The Department of Justice is cooperating and will help facilitate the deposition at the prison,” the committee said in a statement regarding Maxwell.
Meanwhile, during an oversight subcommittee hearing on Wednesday on immigration, Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) proposed a separate motion to subpoena a slew of other officials as part of the Epstein investigation. The motion passed in the committee.
The subcommittee voted in favor of subpoenaing Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former Attorney General Eric Holder, former Attorney General Merrick Garland, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, former Attorney General William Barr, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
A House Oversight Committee spokesperson said the “subpoenas will be issued in the near future.”
The Oversight Federal Law Enforcement subcommittee also approved a motion by Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) in an 8-2 bipartisan vote on a motion to direct Comer to subpoena the DOJ to release the Epstein files.
The committee also voted by voice vote in favor of an amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) to release the communications between President Joe Biden and his staff with the DOJ related to the Epstein case.
The vote on subpoenas comes as a federal judge in Florida rejected a DOJ effort to publish secret grand jury transcripts related to the Epstein investigation.
BONDI TOLD TRUMP IN MAY THAT HIS NAME WAS IN EPSTEIN FILES: REPORT
President Donald Trump asked for the grand jury documents to be unsealed as Republicans and the Make America Great Again base have been unsettled with the lack of a release of a client list. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the DOJ told Trump in May that his name was in the Epstein files.
Comer and the House Oversight Committee’s vote Wednesday follows Rep. Tim Burchett’s (R-TN) motion on Tuesday to subpoena Maxwell.
