U.S. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) on Tuesday issued a slew of subpoenas directed at Bill and Hillary Clinton as well as other top Democrats and several Republican appointees, though what they will be asked about in the coming months remains unclear.
Comer on social media announced the names and dates listed in 10 subpoenas dating back to the end of the George W. Bush administration. One, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, was appointed by President Donald Trump in his first term before the two experienced a falling out.
Testimony will span from early August to mid-October, according to Comer, who did not explain in a post on X why he has issued the subpoenas or what the committee’s line of questioning will cover.
However, at least three of the 10 individuals have been accused by the Trump administration of a conspiracy to tie President Trump to Russian actors during the 2016 election. Comer’s announcement also comes one day after news broke that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has convened a grand jury to explore the possibility of charges against Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey, both of whom were named by Comer.
Other individuals listed include some alums of the Obama administration who were present during the rise of the Russiagate hoax, including former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. Others served in prior years, including former U.S. Attorney Generals Eric Holder and Robert Mueller.
Concurrently, House Republicans have also grappled with pressure to release more files in the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the late pedophile and powerful financier who was known to travel in circles with President Clinton and was imprisoned during the administration of former President George W. Bush.
Epstein was arrested in 2007 and pleaded guilty to soliciting underage girls for prostitution. He signed a Non Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. attorney of Southern Florida as part of a “sweetheart” deal that allowed him to spend minimal time in prison.
That deal invariably would have been run up the chain to former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who was in office at the time.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) sent lawmakers home for their August recess in a bid to avoid voting on whether or not to compel the Trump administration to release more documents in the case, a decision that rubbed some caucus members the wrong way. Prominent MAGA voices such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) have decried the dismissal and said they stand by their calls for more documents from the Epstein investigation to be made public.