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Comer Subpoenas Banks to Intensify Epstein Investigation

11/19/2025

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James Comer, chair of House Oversight Committee, intensified the Epstein probe by subpoenaing J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank.
The committee is examining how the federal government has handled the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases.
Comer requested documents from Gordon Rhea, U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General, on sex-trafficking oversight, with a December 2 deadline.
He aims to use findings to push ethics-disclosures reforms and improve federal responses to sex crimes.

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Story summary

James Comer, chair of House Oversight Committee, intensified the Epstein probe by subpoenaing J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank.
The committee is examining how the federal government has handled the Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases.
Comer requested documents from Gordon Rhea, U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General, on sex-trafficking oversight, with a December 2 deadline.
He aims to use findings to push ethics-disclosures reforms and improve federal responses to sex crimes.