A House committee scrutinizing information related to Jeffrey Epstein subpoenaed former U.S. Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday.
U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced the subpoena in a letter to Sessions on Tuesday.
“During your tenure as U.S. Attorney General from 2017 to 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice was litigating against victims of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein who alleged that the Department had violated their rights under the Crime Victims Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771, in negotiating a non-prosecution agreement with Mr. Epstein.2 In addition, while you were Attorney General, the Department may have been engaging in an investigation of Mr. Epstein that led to his final arrest in 2019. Pursuant to this direction, please see the attached subpoena for you to appear at a deposition on August 28, 2025,” Comer said.
The committee also issued deposition subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr and Alberto Gonzales for testimony related to horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein. Additionally, Comer issued a subpoena to the U.S. Department of Justice for records related to Epstein. These subpoenas follow recent action by an Oversight Subcommittee, which approved motions to subpoena these records and compel witness testimony.
“While the Department undertakes efforts to uncover and publicly disclose additional information related to Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell’s cases, it is imperative that Congress conduct oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell,” Comer said in the letter to Sessions. “The Committee may use the results of this investigation to inform legislative solutions to improve federal efforts to combat sex trafficking and reform the use of non-prosecution agreements and/or plea agreements in sex-crime investigations. Because you were Attorney General during the time when the Department of Justice was litigating against Mr. Epstein’s victims regarding Mr. Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement and less than a year before Mr. Epstein was federally indicted, the Committee believes that you possess knowledge and information relevant to its investigation.”
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