Rules Committee adopts resolution directing Oversight Committee to press Epstein files release; Democrats push floor bill and decry delays

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday adopted committee language directing the Oversight and Reform Committee to continue its document collection and review related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, including subpoenas for estate and Justice Department records and depositions of key witnesses.

Oversight Chairman James Comer told the Rules Committee that the Oversight panel has issued subpoenas to the estate, the Department of Justice and several former officials and has already received "nearly 34,000 pages of documents" from the Justice Department. "This is the most thorough investigation into Epstein and Maxwell to date, and we are getting results," Comer said (Chairman Comer, testimony, 00:56:25). He said the Oversight Committee expects the Epstein estate to begin producing documents on Sept. 8 and that a transcribed interview with former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta was scheduled.

Ranking Member Jamie R. Garcia said Democrats on Oversight will continue to investigate and press for transparency while centering survivors. "After meeting with the survivors, we are once again reminded of the monstrous actions that they took against over a thousand women and girls," Garcia said and urged full compliance with…