The House Oversight Committee will subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, the woman who helped run Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, for a deposition. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2021 of enticing and trafficking minors to engage in illegal sex acts.
“The Committee will seek to subpoena Ms. Maxwell as expeditiously as possible,” an Oversight Committee spokesperson confirmed to Straight Arrow News. “Since Ms. Maxwell is in federal prison, the Committee will work with the Department of Justice and Bureau of Prisons to identify a date when the Committee can depose her.”
Interest in the Epstein case skyrocketed earlier this month after the Justice Department released a memo that said there was no Epstein client list and they don’t expect anyone else involved in the sex trafficking ring to be prosecuted. The memo confirmed Epstein had over 1,000 victims.
President Donald Trump and his supporters said for months that they were going to release a client list and all the files pertaining to the case. The Justice Department memo contradicted that, leading many to wonder what the truth is.
Last week, Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., sent a letter to Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., asking him to subpoena Maxwell. In response, Comer told Burchett to bring up a motion to subpoena Maxwell so the committee could formally consider it. Burchett brought up the motion Tuesday morning, July 22, in the Government Operations Subcommittee. It passed unanimously.
Burchett said he is “proud” that the committee is directing Comer to issue the subpoena.
“This deposition will help the American people understand how Jeffrey Epstein was able to carry out his evil actions for so long without being brought to justice,” Burchett said in a statement.
Based on the House of Representatives’ schedule, the earliest Maxwell could testify is September. Although the logistical challenges of bringing her from federal prison in Tallahassee, Florida, to Washington, D.C., could make the process take even longer. FCI Tallahassee is a low-security facility with a detention center.
On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that he is reaching out to Maxwell’s attorneys and intends to meet with her in the coming days. He said he has one main question to ask her –– What do you know?
Blanche said this Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead.
