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Coomer withdraws subpoena after Coomey claims no information on Epstein
Former FBI Director James Coomey will not testify as part of the Republican investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Coomey was scheduled to be deposed Tuesday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the panel’s ongoing probe into Epstein, the deceased child sex offender. Committee Chair James Coomer (R-Ky.) had subpoenaed Coomey in August for that testimony.
But in a letter to Coomer dated Oct. 1, Coomey said he simply has no “knowledge” or “information relevant to the Committee’s investigation.”
“I offer this letter in lieu of a deposition that would unproductively consume the Committee’s scarce time and resources,” Coomey wrote.
Coomey had served as deputy attorney general from 2003 to 2005 and then as FBI director for almost four years beginning in September 2013. Both periods are being scrutinized by the Oversight panel, which is seeking information on Epstein from 1990 until his death in prison in 2019.
“At no time during my service at the Department of Justice or the FBI do I recall any information or conversations that related to Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell,” Coomey wrote. Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend and long-time associate, is serving 20 years in prison for crimes related to the sex trafficking of minors.
The letter is subject to a provision of federal law that makes it a crime — punishable by prison time — to give false statements to agents of the government. With that in mind, Coomer accepted Coomey’s statement and withdrew the subpoena demanding his testimony.
Coomey’s message was similar to those delivered by former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Merrick Garland, who were also subpoenaed to appear before the Oversight panel. Coomer withdrew those subpoenas as well in recent days.
Coomer withdraws subpoena after Coomey claims no information on Epstein
Former FBI Director James Coomey will not testify as part of the Republican investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Coomey was scheduled to be deposed Tuesday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the panel’s ongoing probe into Epstein, the deceased child sex offender. Committee Chair James Coomer (R-Ky.) had subpoenaed Coomey in August for that testimony.
But in a letter to Coomer dated Oct. 1, Coomey said he simply has no “knowledge” or “information relevant to the Committee’s investigation.”
“I offer this letter in lieu of a deposition that would unproductively consume the Committee’s scarce time and resources,” Coomey wrote.
Coomey had served as deputy attorney general from 2003 to 2005 and then as FBI director for almost four years beginning in September 2013. Both periods are being scrutinized by the Oversight panel, which is seeking information on Epstein from 1990 until his death in prison in 2019.
“At no time during my service at the Department of Justice or the FBI do I recall any information or conversations that related to Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell,” Coomey wrote. Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend and long-time associate, is serving 20 years in prison for crimes related to the sex trafficking of minors.
The letter is subject to a provision of federal law that makes it a crime — punishable by prison time — to give false statements to agents of the government. With that in mind, Coomer accepted Coomey’s statement and withdrew the subpoena demanding his testimony.
Coomey’s message was similar to those delivered by former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Merrick Garland, who were also subpoenaed to appear before the Oversight panel. Coomer withdrew those subpoenas as well in recent days.
