Overview
- Comer, in a Fox News interview Friday, said the committee will convene hearings that give Jeffrey Epstein survivors a chance to speak.
- His announcement followed First Lady Melania Trump’s Thursday call for a forum where survivors can testify and have their statements entered into the congressional record.
- Comer said the panel will schedule survivor testimony after it completes a slate of depositions, with a Bill Gates interview set for June 10 and February sessions already held with Bill and Hillary Clinton.
- He said Oversight Committee lawyers have been in steady contact for months with attorneys for survivors to coordinate participation and protect privacy.
- Comer added that some survivors are ready to testify in public but most are not, which means any hearing plan will depend on consent and trauma‑informed choices.