Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, accused President Donald Trump’s administration of stonewalling his requests for files about accused child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
During a weekend interview with Sharyl Attkisson, Comer talked about his Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, which is looking at the Epstein files, President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the Sept. 11 attacks, and other conspiracy theories.
“So our task force is trying to reach out and question the bureaucrats, figure out which bureaucrat didn’t comply with the orders,” Comer said. “Same thing happened with the Epstein files when Pam Bondi thought she was releasing the Epstein files. It really wasn’t the Epstein files, obviously.”
“So that task force is kind of working very hard behind the scenes to identify which bureaucracies and which bureaucrats are not complying with the president’s orders,” he continued.
“I heard that 10,000 times over the past two years. Well, we can’t turn that over, there’s an ongoing investigation. We’re hearing that with the Epstein files now, in this administration.”
Attkisson pressed Comer about which Trump officials were refusing to release the Epstein files.
“Well, that’s what they, I mean, that’s the, when we request information, if they don’t provide it, that’s what they say, there’s an ongoing investigation,” Comer replied. “Whoever replies to our letter or subpoena, that’s what they say, there’s an ongoing investigation.”
