House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has requested that the U.S. Department of the Treasury provide suspicious activity reports (SARs) related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The request, made in a letter sent to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, is part of the Committee’s ongoing review of the federal government’s handling of sex trafficking investigations.
“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is reviewing the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, and potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials. The Committee requests that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) produce certain Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) relevant to the Committee’s investigation,” wrote Chairman Comer.“It is essential that Treasury produce to the Committee certain SARs to assist the Committee’s oversight of the federal government’s enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell. This oversight will inform legislative solutions to improve federal efforts to combat sex trafficking and reform the use of non-prosecution agreements and/or plea agreements in sex crime investigations. To assist the Committee’s investigation of this matter, I therefore request that the Department of Treasury produce to the Committee as soon as possible, but no later than September 15, 2025.”
The letter can be read in full online.
Earlier this year, Chairman Comer established a Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, appointing Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) as Chairwoman. The Task Force has formally asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) for all records concerning Jeffrey Epstein.
Chairman Comer has also issued deposition subpoenas for several former senior government officials including Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales regarding matters connected to crimes committed by Epstein.
The Oversight Committee has subpoenaed documents from DOJ related to Epstein; so far over 34,000 pages have been produced with more expected. Subpoenas have also been issued for Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition as well as for unredacted documents from Epstein’s estate.
Alexander Acosta—former U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida and former Secretary of Labor—is scheduled for a voluntary transcribed interview with the committee on September 19, 2025.
The committee is communicating with survivors connected to Epstein’s case and will hold a private bipartisan meeting with them on September 2.
James Comer represents Kentucky’s 1st district in Congress after succeeding Ed Whitfield in 2016. He previously served in Kentucky’s House of Representatives from 2001 until 2012. Born in Carthage, Tennessee in 1972, Comer currently resides in Tompkinsville and graduated from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1993.
