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Friday, August 22, 2025

The House Oversight Committee is expecting to get hundreds of documents on Friday related to the Justice Department's investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein case. The release will mark the first wave of files to be sent to the committee in response to a congressional subpoena issued earlier this month calling on the DOJ to provide records from its probe of the convicted sex-offender and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

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.... The release will mark the first wave of files to be sent to the committee ...

Drip ... drip ... drip ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-22 06:57 PM | Reply

From the cited article ...

... "We're going to be transparent. We're doing what we said we would do. We're getting the documents," Comer told reporters on Capitol Hill this week. "And I believe the White House will work with us." ...

Transparent?

That's a laugh coming from Rep Comer who seems to misrepresent evidence ...

OpEd: James Comer is making it hard to take him seriously (2023)
kentuckylantern.com

... Extreme partisanship, muddled messages mar what could be Kentuckian's moment

Kentucky Congressman James Comer has had so many embarrassing media interviews about his House Oversight Committee's investigation into the so-called "Biden crime family."

He outlines an elaborate international bribery scheme yet admits he doesn't have the facts to back it up. He calls out "suspicious activities" but acknowledges they may not be crimes. His informants and whistleblowers suddenly disappear. And he gleefully credits the committee's work for boosting Donald Trump's poll numbers, then says he wasn't referring to Trump at all.

Even conservative media have become frustrated with his muddled pronouncements and lack of real progress. Fox News host Steve Doocy last month challenged his allegation of President Biden influence peddling while vice president.

"You don't actually have any facts to that point," Doocy told him. "There's no evidence that Joe Biden did anything illegally."

So, this week Comer threw a hissy fit over old hearsay about Biden and threatened "contempt of Congress" charges against FBI Director Christopher Wray, a Trump appointee.

But Comer wanted the document to wave around and publicize. His contempt threat lost steam when the House abruptly adjourned Wednesday over an unrelated GOP debate. Comer then accepted Wray's offer for other committee members to read the document.

The allegation, promoted in 2017 by Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani, says Biden's push to oust a top Ukrainian official was to protect the energy firm where son, Hunter, was on the board. The rumor was a foundation of Trump's first impeachment; in exchange for U.S. military aid, he wanted Biden exposed.

Three years ago, a reliable FBI source passed on the same secondhand tip. Trump Attorney General William Barr had prosecutors investigate but found no validation. Biden's actions were part of an international campaign to remove an official who refused to prosecute corruption. ...



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-22 07:03 PM | Reply

Another view ...

Epstein files land on Capitol Hill
www.politico.com

... These documents " transmitted in compliance with a subpoena issued earlier this month by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee -- represent only a portion of what DOJ has in its possession and it's not immediately clear what sort of information lawmakers currently have available to them.

The documents are expected to have heavy redactions. ...

[emphasis mine]


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-22 07:06 PM | Reply

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