House Withdraws Comey Subpoena; Comey Indicted

Former FBI director James Comey will not testify in the House Oversight Committee’s Republican investigation of Jeffrey Epstein after he sent Chairman James Comer a written statement saying he has no "knowledge or information relevant to the Committee’s investigation" and offering the letter "in lieu of a deposition," which Comer accepted. Comer withdrew his subpoena for Comey and has similarly rescinded subpoenas for former attorneys general Merrick Garland and Eric Holder; a subpoena for former FBI director Robert Mueller was also withdrawn amid reports of his declining health. The Oversight panel has separately subpoenaed former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to appear privately, and Epstein victims plan a Capitol Hill press conference with bipartisan lawmakers pressing for release of Epstein-related files. Comey was recently indicted on charges of making a false statement and obstruction related to his 2020 testimony; he denies the charges. Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 while jailed awaiting trial on federal sex‑trafficking charges, and Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for related convictions.