Jeffrey Epstein Investigations

In a court letter signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche and SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, DOJ said "hundreds" of employees are manually reviewing millions of pages, audio and video to redact victim‑identifying information and expects to publish "substantially all" Epstein‑related records "in the near term" but would not give a concrete completion date, even though it missed the Epstein Files Transparency Act’s Dec. 19 deadline. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer also denied Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie’s bid to intervene in the closed Ghislaine Maxwell case to appoint a monitor — saying they lack standing and must pursue a separate lawsuit or congressional oversight — while DOJ has so far released about 12,285 documents (125,575 pages) out of more than 2 million potentially responsive records (less than 1%).

The House Oversight Committee has formally subpoenaed billionaire Les Wexner, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime financial patron, along with Epstein lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn to testify about their roles in the convicted sex offender’s network and finances. Ranking Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia said Democrats forced the Republican‑led panel to vote the subpoenas, arguing the three men were identified by survivors as central to understanding how Epstein’s operations were built and run. Court records cited in the piece detail how Indyke and Kahn, now executors of Epstein’s estate, helped set up his U.S. Virgin Islands base and recently settled a civil suit alleging they facilitated sham marriages for abused women to secure immigration benefits. Wexner, who gave Epstein wide latitude over his fortune for years, is scheduled to appear Feb. 18, followed by Kahn on Feb. 25 and Indyke on March 5, while Ghislaine Maxwell is due before the committee Feb. 9 and is expected to invoke the Fifth Amendment. The article notes that despite earlier testimony from figures including former Attorney General Bill Barr and written declarations from Bill and Hillary Clinton, the panel has so far produced little new public information, heightening pressure on these inner‑circle witnesses as public skepticism grows online about whether Congress will expose anything substantive.

The House Oversight Committee voted to advance contempt-of-Congress recommendations against Bill and Hillary Clinton after both declined to appear for closed‑door depositions in its Jeffrey Epstein inquiry, approving the Bill Clinton measure 34–8 (two present) and the Hillary Clinton measure 28–15 (one present), with several Democrats joining Republicans. The Clintons’ lawyers have called the subpoenas legally invalid and offered written declarations and limited interview alternatives that the committee rejected; Republicans say the resolutions will go to the full House and could be referred to DOJ for possible criminal prosecution.