Overview
- On Thursday the House Oversight Committee publicly released the May 21 transcribed interview of Sarah Kellen and sent a formal letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche asking the DOJ to investigate allegations in her testimony.
- Kellen told lawmakers that Frédéric Fekkai and Philip Levine sexually assaulted her in separate incidents and that photographer Patrick Demarchelier exposed himself to her, according to the released transcript.
- Chairman James Comer and four Republican members urged the DOJ to use all available tools, including offering immunity to witnesses, and emphasized that the committee is referring leads to law enforcement rather than making legal determinations.
- Representatives for Fekkai and Levine have denied the claims and, as of this reporting, none of the men named in the transcript have been charged with a crime related to Epstein.
- The transcript adds detail about Kellen’s allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and could expand scrutiny of how prosecutors handled earlier Epstein-related cases while shaping possible next steps such as subpoenas, further interviews, or DOJ probes.