Overview
- The committee voted to authorize subpoenas for billionaire Les Wexner and Epstein estate co-executors Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, with formal documents still requiring Chair James Comer's signature before service.
- Wexner is ordered to sit for a deposition as investigators examine his long financial ties to Epstein; he has denied wrongdoing and has said Epstein misappropriated vast sums from him.
- An attorney for Indyke and Kahn says they complied with a prior records subpoena, intend to continue cooperating, and reject as false any claim they knowingly facilitated Epstein’s abuse.
- The moves advanced through cooperation between Ranking Member Robert Garcia and Republican Anna Paulina Luna, though several Republicans opposed related Democratic requests.
- Committee Democrats cite survivor testimony, including Virginia Giuffre naming Wexner in a deposition, while the Justice Department continues reviewing a multi‑million‑page backlog of Epstein-related files.