The House Oversight Committee released a tranche of thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The surprise file dump came ahead of an expected House-wide vote to formalize the committee’s Epstein inquiry on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
That vote, while largely symbolic, would also direct the House Oversight Committee to release the Epstein files sent by the Department of Justice (DOJ).<\/p>\n
Nearly 34,000 pages are being released that include the DOJ’s interview with Ghislaine Maxwell and videos that appear to show the inside of Epstein’s Palm Beach home.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed the DOJ in early August for all documents pertaining to its investigation of Epstein and Maxwell. <\/p>\n
The subpoena was directed by a bipartisan vote during an unrelated House Oversight Committee hearing in late July.<\/p>\n
‘This is the most thorough investigation into Epstein and Maxwell to date, and we are getting results,’ Comer said during a House Rules Committee meeting on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
‘We have already deposed former Attorney General Bill Barr, the Department of Justice provided nearly 34,000 pages of documents and will produce more, which are being made public as we speak.’<\/p>\n
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the committee, claimed that some 97% of those documents were already public, however.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The sudden release appears to be a bid to neutralize an effort by Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., to force a vote on their own bill to make the DOJ release information on Epstein.<\/p>\n
The bipartisan pair is spearheading what’s known as a discharge petition \u2014 a rare procedural move that allows lawmakers to circumvent leadership if a majority of House members sign on. <\/p>\n
Such a vote could put Republican lawmakers, who are also pushing for more transparency, in a difficult position, forced to decide between the political ramifications of bucking the vote or defying their own leaders.<\/p>\n
Massie told Fox News Digital earlier this week he expected enough signatures to hit that threshold by the end of this week, however.<\/p>\n
‘I think there’s a real good chance of that,’ he said.<\/p>\n
But Comer said the committee was ‘way ahead’ of Massie and Khanna’s move.<\/p>\n
‘We’re going to go beyond it. We’re already getting the documents from the administration,’ Comer said. ‘I don’t think [the discharge petition is] necessary at all.’<\/p>\n
In addition to deposing Barr and subpoenaing the DOJ, Comer’s panel also sent subpoenas to former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, ex-FBI Director James Comey, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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