House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., issued a set of subpoenas Tuesday to several high-profile former officials that includes former President Bill Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and former FBI Director James Comey, as part of the panel’s ongoing investigation into the federal government’s handling of sex trafficking laws and the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who was a former associate of former Anchorage Daily News owner Alice Rogoff.
Others subpoenaed were issued to former US Attorneys General Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales, and former FBI Director Robert Mueller.
The move is an escalation in the House-led probe into what Comer has described as “decades of institutional failures” in the investigation and prosecution of Epstein and his network. The committee is specifically scrutinizing the use of non-prosecution agreements, the handling of plea deals, and the role of federal officials in decisions related to Epstein and Maxwell’s cases.
In a letter to former President Clinton, Comer cited his past ties to Epstein, referencing flight logs showing Clinton aboard Epstein’s private jet in the early 2000s. Comer also pointed to an unearthed photograph showing Clinton receiving a massage from a woman who has since identified herself as one of Epstein’s trafficking victims.
The letter further alleges Clinton may have intervened to suppress reporting on Epstein. “It has also been claimed that you pressured Vanity Fair not to publish sex trafficking allegations against your ‘good friend’ Mr. Epstein,” Comer wrote. The committee is also seeking clarification on conflicting reports about whether Clinton ever visited Epstein’s private island.
Chairman Comer’s letter to Hillary Clinton raises questions about her proximity to Ghislaine Maxwell and notes that Maxwell’s nephew worked for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and was later hired at the State Department when Clinton served as Secretary of State.
Comer says the purpose of the subpoenas is 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.”
The subpoenas arrive just ahead of highly anticipated testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell, which had been scheduled for Aug. 11. That appearance has been postponed pending the outcome of Maxwell’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The House inquiry adds to mounting pressure on the Department of Justice to declassify files related to Epstein, including records believed to detail his associates and clients. Critics have long accused the federal government of stonewalling the release of those documents — including surveillance videos and visitor logs — since Epstein’s death in federal custody in 2019.
Chairman Comer has not indicated whether additional subpoenas may follow or if public hearings will be scheduled.
All individuals named in the subpoenas have been given until later this month to respond.
Hilary’s memory will not have improved since that last time she testified under oath.
Looks like the Tower card has just been drawn.
Next up: Judgement, the Hanged Man, and Death.