House committee subpoenas Jeffrey Epstein estate, plans to meet with Alex Acosta

Emily Goodin, Miami Herald on Aug 25, 2025

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A House committee is subpoenaing the estate of Jeffrey Epstein as it examines the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of him and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The subpoena is seeking Epstein’s will, any disclosure agreements he signed, the non-prosecutorial agreement Epstein signed with the Southern District of Florida in 2007 and any document that could be a “potential client list,” phone logs and visitors logs.

Additionally, the lawmakers ask for the “birthday book” tied to Epstein’s 50th birthday. President Donald Trump denied a Wall Street Journal report he contributed a handwritten note to the album and is suing the publication.

The estate has until Sept. 8 to produce the requested information. Additionally, Alexander Acosta, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, will appear before the committee for a transcribed interview on Sept. 19.

The House Oversight Committee said it needs the records to review the “possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of Mr. Jeffrey Epstein and Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell, the circumstances and subsequent investigations of Mr. Epstein’s death, the operation of sex-trafficking rings and ways for the federal government to effectively combat them, and potential violations of ethics rules related to elected officials.

“It is our understanding that the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein is in custody and control of documents that may further the Committee’s investigation and legislative goals,” Republican Rep. James Comer, chairman of the committee, said in a statement.

“Further, it is our understanding the Estate is ready and willing to provide these documents to the Committee pursuant to a subpoena.”

The committee also said it would accept formal written declarations from former Attorneys General Alberto Gonzales, Eric Holder and Jeff Sessions stating they possess no information about the Epstein or Maxwell cases.

Republicans have been struggling with how to deal with the Epstein issue as they try to balance the massive public information in the case with concerns about what the files may say about President Trump and other prominent public figures.

Trump said his friendship with Epstein ended long before the disgraced financer faced state charges in 2007.

Democrats, however, are pressing for all the files in the case to become public.

The subpoena comes after the Justice Department turned over its first tranche of Epstein documents to the committee on Friday.

Democrats charged the documents were 90 percent old information while Republicans said more data was coming.

Also on Friday, DOJ released the transcripts of Maxwell’s interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, where she talked about meeting Donald Trump, the relationship between Epstein and Bill Clinton and denied introducing Prince Andrew to the late, disgraced financier.

Epstein was worth millions when he died in 2019 while in federal custody awaiting federal charges related to sex trafficking. His death was ruled a suicide. It remains unclear how he made his fortune.

He also owned several properties in Palm Beach, New York City and New Mexico along with the island called Little St. James in the Caribbean.

His estate paid hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements to Epstein’s victims.

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