Jeffrey Epstein Estate and Litigation

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has subpoenaed former Metropolitan Correctional Center corrections officer Tova Noel for an in-person, transcribed interview on March 26, 2026, in Washington; Noel was one of two guards on duty when Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell on Aug. 10, 2019, a death the New York City medical examiner ruled a suicide. Noel and fellow guard Michael Thomas were fired and had federal falsified-records charges dropped in 2021 after plea deals; DOJ records indicate Noel searched online about Epstein minutes before his death, though she later told investigators she did not remember doing so, and the committee says the request is part of its broader Epstein/Maxwell probe that has included depositions of the Clintons, Les Wexner and accountant Richard Kahn.