The US House oversight committee has issued subpoenas to former President Bill Clinton, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and several former senior justice department and FBI officials as part of its investigation into the crimes committed by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
On Tuesday, committee chairman James Comer, R-Ky, announced the subpoenas, which demand testimony from a wide range of former officials. Those targeted include former attorneys general Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Bill Barr, Merrick Garland, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales, as well as former FBI directors James Comey and Robert Mueller.
The committee is seeking answers regarding what Comer described as “horrific crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein.” as quoted by NBC News. Comer has also subpoenaed the Department of Justice, demanding it hand over the “full, complete, unredacted Epstein Files” by August 19, 2025.
The move follows mounting criticism of the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein case. Last month, the department said it would not bring charges against additional individuals and would not release further details. That decision has sparked bipartisan frustration and renewed calls for transparency.
Among the most notable subpoenas is one directed at former President Bill Clinton, asking him to sit for a deposition on October 14. In his letter, Comer cited Clinton’s past ties to Epstein.
“By your own admission, you flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane four separate times in 2002 and 2003,” Comer wrote.
“You were also allegedly close to Ms Ghislane Maxwell, an Epstein co-conspirator, and attended an intimate dinner with her in 2014, three years after public reports about her involvement in Mr. Epstein’s abuse of minors,” he added, referring to Ghislaine Maxwell, whose name was misspelled in the letter, reported NBC News.
Comer also pointed to “conflicting reports about whether you ever visited Mr Epstein’s island.” While Clinton has consistently denied visiting Epstein’s private island, the location where some of the abuse allegedly took place, President Donald Trump has publicly claimed Clinton traveled there “28 times,” though he has provided no evidence.
Representatives for the Clintons have not responded to the latest subpoenas. However, Clinton’s spokesperson Angel Urena issued a statement in 2019, saying the former president “knows nothing about the terrible crimes” Epstein had been charged with. Urena confirmed that Clinton had traveled on Epstein’s private jet four times in 2002 and 2003 as part of Clinton Foundation work, and was accompanied on each trip by staff and Secret Service agents.
“He has not spoken to Epstein in well over a decade,” Urena said at the time.
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