Bill and Hillary Clinton had been amongst almost a dozen high-profile figures subpoenaed Tuesday (August 5) by House Republicans as a part of an intensifying congressional investigation into the Justice Department’s dealing with of the late Jeffrey Epstein’s intercourse trafficking case.

The House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas to former president Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ex-FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller and 6 former attorneys common. The committee is demanding testimony and paperwork associated to the federal authorities’s prosecution of Epstein and his longtime affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) mentioned the transfer got here simply days after Department of Justice officers questioned Maxwell, who’s presently serving a 20-year sentence at a federal jail in Texas for conspiring to sexually abuse minors.

“The facts and circumstances surrounding both Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell’s cases have received immense public interest and scrutiny,” Comer wrote within the subpoena 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.”

If Clinton complies, he would turn into solely the fifth former U.S. president to testify earlier than Congress. But authorized specialists are skeptical. Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani advised the New York Post he can be “very surprised” if Clinton appeared on the scheduled October 14 listening to, including that Clinton and the previous attorneys common may invoke government privilege to keep away from testifying.

The renewed scrutiny follows a controversial two-page memo launched by the DOJ and FBI on July 6, which concluded there was no “client list” tied to Epstein’s legal enterprise. The memo acknowledged a “systematic review” of proof discovered “no credible evidence” that Epstein blackmailed highly effective people or that any uncharged third events could possibly be investigated.

Still, the memo acknowledged that Epstein’s crimes affected “over one thousand victims.”

Epstein, 66, died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell on August 10, 2019, based on a number of unbiased and federal investigations. His demise, mixed along with his ties to celebrities, politicians and enterprise leaders, has fueled years of public suspicion and conspiracy theories.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, appointed by Donald Trump, beforehand mentioned in February {that a} consumer listing was “sitting” on her desk and that the FBI’s New York workplace held “thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.”

On July 17, Trump posted on Truth Social: “Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval.” He added, “This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!”

Public dissatisfaction with the DOJ’s dealing with of the Epstein case stays excessive. A Quinnipiac University ballot in July discovered that greater than 60% of voters disapproved of the administration’s administration of the so-called “Epstein files,” whereas solely 17 p.c authorised.

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