House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has requested that the U.S. Department of the Treasury provide suspicious activity reports related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The request, sent in a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, is part of the Committee’s ongoing review of federal investigations into sex trafficking laws and the handling of cases involving Epstein and Maxwell.
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, and potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials. The Committee requests that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) produce certain Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) relevant to the Committee’s investigation,” wrote Chairman Comer.“It is essential that Treasury produce to the Committee certain SARs to assist the Committee’s oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell. This oversight will inform legislative solutions to improve federal efforts to combat sex trafficking and reform the use of non-prosecution agreements and/or plea agreements in sex crime investigations. To assist the Committee’s investigation of this matter, I therefore request that the Department of Treasury produce to the Committee as soon as possible, but no later than September 15, 2025.”
Earlier this year, Chairman Comer created a Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets with Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) as Chairwoman. The task force has asked the Department of Justice for all records connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
Comer has also issued deposition subpoenas for several former senior government officials—including Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales—to testify about matters related to crimes committed by Epstein.
The committee has subpoenaed documents from both DOJ—receiving over 34,000 pages so far—and from Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition. It has also requested unredacted documents from Epstein's estate.
Alexander Acosta, who previously served as U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida and Secretary of Labor, is scheduled for a transcribed interview with committee members on September 19.
The committee remains in contact with survivors associated with Epstein's crimes; a bipartisan member meeting with these survivors is set for September 2.
James Comer currently represents Kentucky’s 1st district in Congress after replacing Ed Whitfield in 2016. He previously served in Kentucky's House from 2001-2012 and was born in Carthage, Tennessee in 1972 before moving to Tompkinsville. Comer graduated from Western Kentucky University with a BS degree in 1993.
