Overview
- On Thursday, Kellen gave a closed‑door, transcribed interview to the House Oversight Committee in which she said Jeffrey Epstein sexually and psychologically abused her for more than a decade.
- Committee chairman James Comer said Kellen provided three names of alleged abusers that investigators had not previously heard and called the session the probe’s most substantive to date.
- Records the Justice Department released earlier this year show prosecutors interviewed Kellen after Epstein’s 2019 indictment, recognized her as an abuse victim and considered but did not file criminal charges.
- Several committee members reported that Kellen declined to answer some questions in the voluntary session and said the panel may compel further testimony by subpoena if needed.
- The Oversight Committee plans to publish a redacted transcript that will remove victim names and to include its findings in a report before the end of 2026, a move that could produce new leads for prosecutors.