The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is set to meet privately with victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
A bipartisan group of committee members is slated to meet with “survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes” on Tuesday as part of its larger investigation into the government’s handling of the Epstein case.
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, and potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials,” Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said.
At the same time these private meetings are being arranged, the Oversight Committee has requested the Treasury Department to “produce certain Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) relevant to the Committee’s investigation.”
“Specifically, 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,” Comer wrote in his letter demanding the reports.
The Oversight Committee is spearheading the investigation into the federal files on Epstein, who has been accused by some of his victims of operating an international child sex-trafficking ring for the rich and powerful.
While Epstein died in jail under suspicious circumstances, an incident that was later ruled a suicide by investigators, Maxwell remains alive in prison.
She was originally slated to give a deposition to the committee on Aug. 11. That date was pushed back due to her appeal to overturn her criminal conviction, which the Supreme Court is set to consider on Sept. 29.
The Oversight Committee has worked hand-in-hand on the case with the Justice Department, which sent the first tranche of Epstein-related files to the committee on Aug. 22 following a subpoena.
A spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee previously said it intends to make the files public after a review, though victims’ personal information will be redacted.
President Donald Trump has dismissed the outcry over the lack of transparency in the Epstein investigation as a “Democrat hoax” but said he is in support of keeping the files open.
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The demand for answers surrounding the sex trafficker’s political connections is a bipartisan issue and has found fervent support in Trump’s conservative base.
Republican leaders have been split on the issue — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has floundered and said there will “probably” be a vote to release the files.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has threatened to force the vote himself if necessary.
Asher Notheis contributed to this report.
