House Oversight Panel Recommends DOJ Renew Its Probe of Jeffrey Epstein's Associates
The report cites 19 interviews and urges new witness questioning and bank scrutiny after finding federal authorities failed Epstein’s victims for decades.
- On Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee released a report exposing federal failures that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to abuse young women for decades. Kentucky Republican James Comer led the 15-month investigation, which included 19 interviews and depositions.
- Federal authorities repeatedly failed victims, according to investigators who reviewed Justice Department and Epstein estate documents. Comer declared the government enabled Epstein's crimes for decades, allowing the disgraced financier to escape serious consequences despite mounting abuse allegations.
- Nineteen of the twenty sought individuals testified before the committee, including former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Leon Black alone refused to appear.
- Republicans called the Democratic investigation an 'obsession' to implicate President Donald Trump, though the report found no evidence linking him to crimes. Meanwhile, political ads in Kansas and Florida accused GOP senators of 'protecting pedophiles' with their votes.
- The report called for the Justice Department to interview 'key witnesses' to deliver justice for survivors. Podcaster Joe Rogan called the administration's handling 'a line in the sand,' accusing officials of 'trying to gaslight' the electorate.
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On Tuesday, a commission of inquiry at the U.S. Congress pointed to "institutional failures" in court proceedings against sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who allowed them to "escape justice".
US lawmakers urge new Epstein investigations in damning report
The Epstein saga has dogged President Donald Trump, who was friends with the financier for years but has denied any knowledge of his crimes. Accusations that Trump covered up much of the investigation triggered the first major rift with the president's support base after he returned to the White House. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee urged the Justice Department to interview or reinterview key witnesses and pursue allegations agains…
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House Oversight panel recommends DOJ renew its probe of Jeffrey Epstein's associates
The House Oversight Committee, in a report summarizing its 15-month Jeffrey Epstein probe, recommends that the DOJ renew its investigation of Epstein’s associates.
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