US EditionFormer Attorney General Bill Barr appears for deposition in House committee’s Epstein probe
Barr testified he personally reviewed jail footage and found no evidence of foul play in Epstein's 2019 death, while Congress continues to subpoena multiple officials for a broader inquiry.
- On Monday, former Attorney General Bill Barr met privately with House Oversight Committee members for a deposition concerning the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
- The deposition came one day before the Justice Department was to begin turning over Epstein-related records, as part of a bipartisan probe into his sex trafficking crimes and death in custody.
- Barr, who served during President Trump's first term and was in office when Epstein died by suicide in 2019 at a federal detention center, reviewed surveillance footage and found no evidence of foul play.
- House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced that former Attorney General Bill Barr’s deposition marked the opening witness testimony in their bipartisan probe into the Jeffrey Epstein case, and he also highlighted the Justice Department’s scheduled release of related documents later this week.
- The investigation continues amid accusations from Democrats that Republicans lack sincerity, a postponed House vote on public file release, and a 2023 DOJ Inspector General report citing prison failures but no criminality in Epstein’s death.
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Former Attorney General Bill Barr Testifies in Epstein Case -- Here's What He Said
Disgraced former Attorney General Bill Barr spent his afternoon on Capitol Hill today, testifying in the House Oversight Committee’s Epstein probe. His testimony marks the first person to testify under subpoena in the investigation. It was all done behind closed doors, so we don’t get to see or hear for ourselves what Bill Barr said, which is very disappointing. Bill Barr is testifying in an Epstein Probe today before the House Oversight Commit…
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