House Oversight Committee Votes To Subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell For Deposition

The House Oversight Committee unanimously approved a subpoena for the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in a surprise move Tuesday morning.

The powerful committee will seek to subpoena the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate for a deposition following Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett introducing a motion that was approved by voice vote. The move follows Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing she requested a meeting with Maxwell on Tuesday to press her for additional information related to the deceased sex predator.

Burchett has publicly called on the administration to release the full collection of documents related to the Epstein case. He is cosponsoring Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic California Rep. Ro Khanna’s resolutionthat would compel the Department of Justice to publish materials regarding Epstein and Maxwell in their possession.

The vote comes after the Tennessee Republican sent a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer to request a subpoena for the panel to depose Maxwell. Comer and the lead Democrat on the panel, Robert Garcia of California, backed Burchett’s subpoena motion.

“It’s about to get real,” Burchett posted on the social media platform X following the oversight panel approving the subpoena motion. “I just did this.”

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence in a federal prison in Florida after being found guilty in 2021 for her involvement in Epstein’s crimes. A House Oversight Committee spokeswoman told the