JUST IN: House Issues Subpoena For Ghislaine Maxwell, Schedules Deposition

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) announced Wednesday that he had issued a subpoena for Ghislaine Maxwell — who was convicted of trafficking underage girls as part of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes ring — and scheduled a formal deposition.

“I have issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11, 2025,” Comer announced in an X post, which included a copy of the subpoena. “The Department of Justice is cooperating and will help facilitate the deposition at the prison.”

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) had previously asked Comer to summon Maxwell for testimony after the imprisoned British socialite reportedly expressed willingness to talk last week. Comer then asked Burchett to propose a formal motion, which was approved by a voice vote.

“Since Ms. Maxwell is in federal prison, the Committee will work with the Department of Justice and Bureau of Prisons to identify a date when Committee can depose her,” a committee representative said Tuesday. That date has since been scheduled for August 11.

In addition to the upcoming congressional deposition, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that he had reached out to Maxwell’s legal team and intends to meet with her “in the coming days” to “hear what she has to say.” Maxwell’s attorney later confirmed that she had been in talks with the Justice Department.

Maxwell, who is currently serving 20 years behind bars for helping Epstein sexually abuse an untold number of young girls over decades, saw her latest bid for freedom rebuffed by the during a hearing last week, where prosecutors opposed her motion. She has served about three years since her 2022 conviction.

The Epstein case has been front and center in the headlines since the release of a controversial July 6 DOJ memo, which stated that Epstein did indeed take his own life under mysterious circumstances in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019. The memo further stated that there was no “Epstein client list,” contradicting claims from online conspiracy theorists, many of whom have for years insisted there is some sort of master list containing all of Epstein’s crimes and names of those who participated in them.

President Donald Trump has since instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to release any “credible” information relating to the case that has not already been shared with the public. To that end, Bondi filed to have the grand jury proceedings from the Epstein case unsealed, though a federal judge in New York denied that request on Wednesday.