A House Oversight subcommittee voted Wednesday to subpoena the Department of Justice to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. House Oversight Chair James Comer will be required to sign the subpoena before it can officially be issued,

A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy President Donald Trump and Republican leadership to support the action.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Comer issues subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11.

The Republicans who voted for the subpoena were Representatives Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Brian Jack of Georgia and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. The House Oversight Committee’s panel on Federal Law Enforcement approved it on a vote of 8-2, with two Republicans opposed and five Democrats in favor.

The House of Representatives is set to issue a subpoena for the Justice Department to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the first notable action by House Republicans following a week of anxiousness by lawmakers who wanted transparency on the matter.

The move comes as debate over the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein case has roiled Congress and the MAGA base.

Perry, who represents York County, was one of three Republicans to vote to subpoena the Department of Justice for files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Pressley said Epstein’s victims and the public “deserve transparency, accountability, and healing.” The post As a survivor of sexual assault, Pressley says effort to subpoena Epstein files is personal appeared first on Boston.