House Republicans subpoenaed nearly a dozen former federal officials and politicians — including Bill and Hillary Clinton — as well as records from the Department of Justice on Tuesday amid an expanding probe into the deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The officials — including former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller as well as six ex-US attorneys general — were compelled to testify before the House Oversight Committee.
Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced the move days after DOJ officials interviewed Epstein’s late accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence in a federal prison for conspiring to sexually abuse young girls.
“The facts and circumstances surrounding both Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell’s cases have received immense public interest and scrutiny,” Comer wrote in all of the letters. “While the Department undertakes efforts to uncover and publicly disclose additional information related to Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell’s cases, it is imperative that Congress conduct oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell.”
Only three sitting US presidents — and four former commanders-in-chief — have ever testified before a congressional committee, making Bill Clinton a potential fifth.
Former federal prosecutor and defense attorney Neama Rahmani told The Post he would be “very surprised” if the 42nd president were to appear before the committee as scheduled Oct. 14, noting that Clinton as well as the attorneys general could claim executive privilege and spurn the subpoena.
The Epstein investigation kicked into high gear after President Trump faced backlash over a two-page memo, released by his DOJ and FBI July 6, that found a “systematic review” of evidence uncovered no so-called “client list” of rich and well-connected associates implicated in his sickening crimes.
Epstein, 66, committed suicide in his Manhattan jail cell Aug. 10, 2019, multiple federal and independent medical investigations determined, but his well-documented links to Hollywood stars, high-powered attorneys, politicians and influential business leaders — along with his sudden death — led to furious speculation.
Trump’s current attorney general, Pam Bondi, had indicated a client list was “sitting” on her desk for the review in February — and that the FBI’s New York Field Office was “in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.” --->READ MORE HERE
Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan den of depravity had surveillance cameras set up in bedrooms, a first edition of “Lolita” on display — and an eyebrow-raising $1 bill signed with a cheeky note from Bill Gates.
The previously unreported images, published by the New York Times on Tuesday, were taken inside the sex pest’s seven-story Upper East Side townhouse in the years before his arrest and subsequent suicide in late 2019.
Among the more bizarre elements found inside the 21,000-square-foot lair, which is where the pedophile entertained the rich and powerful, was a framed $1 bill signed by the Microsoft co-founder.
“I was wrong!” Gates appeared to have scrawled on the note, which was on display in a living room.
A sculpture of a woman in a bridal gown dangling from a rope and dozens of framed fake eyeballs were also on display in the entryway, according to the outlet.
A copy of “Lolita” — the 1955 novel where a deviant repeatedly rapes a 12-year-old girl with whom he has become obsessed — was also spotted in an office.
Meanwhile, multiple surveillance cameras were dotted around the property — including in multiple bedrooms. --->READ MORE HERE
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