House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent requesting the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) related to Jeffrey Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Comer said his committee is “reviewing the possible mismanagement” of the federal government’s investigation of Epstein and Maxwell, including Epstein’s death. He set a deadline of Sept. 15 for the Treasury to provide the SARs.
“It is essential that Treasury produce to the Committee certain SARs to assist the Committee’s oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell,” the letter stated.
Earlier this year, Comer established the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, which requested that the Department of Justice release all Epstein-related records. The DOJ began handing over documents to the committee on Aug. 22.
Comer has also issued deposition subpoenas to several former government officials, including former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former FBI Directors Robert Mueller and James Comey, and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Mueller had been scheduled to testify before the Oversight panel on Tuesday, but a source familiar with the probe said lawmakers “learned that Mr. Mueller has health issues that preclude him from being able to testify.” The committee intends to withdraw its subpoena.
Mueller would have been the second in-person witness, following former Attorney General Bill Barr, who testified last month.
