The House Oversight Committee took significant steps to widen its probe into Jeffrey Epstein on Monday, including subpoenaing the late pedophile’s estate.

Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., sent a letter to attorneys representing Epstein’s estate, requesting a slew of documents by Sept. 8.

«The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is reviewing 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,» Comer wrote.

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

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Comer also announced that the committee would hear from Alexander Acosta, a former Trump administration labor secretary who also served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida when Epstein entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the federal government in 2008.

Acosta is appearing before the committee for a closed-door transcribed interview on Sept. 19. He was not compelled via subpoena. 

The controversial agreement, which Acosta signed off on, was concealed from more than 30 of Epstein’s underaged victims, according to The Miami Herald.

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to two state charges in Florida of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution, avoiding more severe federal charges. He ended up serving 13 months in county jail with the benefit of a work-release program, made confidential settlements with some victims, and registered as a sex offender. 

It also allowed co-conspirators to avoid charges – a major point of contention during his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell’s federal trial in late 2021. It’s also the basis of Maxwell’s appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn her guilty verdict.

Documents subpoenaed by Comer include all entries in a book compiled by Maxwell for Epstein’s 50th birthday, Epstein’s will, and information on the non-prosecution agreement.

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Former Labor Secretary and U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, pictured here in 2018, is also appearing before House investigators. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters)

Information is being sought on Epstein’s financial transactions, call and visitor logs, and «any document or record that could reasonably be construed to be a potential list of clients involved in sex, sex acts, or sex trafficking facilitated by Mr. Jeffrey Epstein,» according to a copy of the subpoena viewed by Fox News Digital.

An attorney for the executors of Epstein’s estate told Fox News Digital they were reviewing the subpoena. «As the Co-Executors have always said, they will comply with all lawful process in this matter, and that includes the Committee’s subpoena,» the attorney said.

The House Oversight Committee sent a flurry of subpoenas regarding Epstein earlier this month, kicking off a bipartisan investigation into the late pedophile.

Comer sought depositions from former FBI directors Robert Mueller and James Comey, ex-attorneys general Bill Barr and Loretta Lynch, as well as former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Barr testified last week.

The subpoenas were directed via a bipartisan vote during an unrelated House Oversight subcommittee hearing on illegal immigrant children in late July.

Renewed interest in Epstein’s case has gripped Capitol Hill after the DOJ’s handling of the matter spurred a GOP revolt by far-right figures.

The DOJ effectively declared the case closed after an «exhaustive review,» revealing Epstein had no «client list,» did not blackmail «prominent individuals,» and confirmed he did die by suicide in a New York City jail while awaiting prosecution.

Democrats seized on the discord with newfound calls for transparency in Epstein’s case, spurring accusations of hypocrisy from their Republican colleagues.

Indeed, the bipartisan unity that the investigation was kicked off with quickly disintegrated after the first witness, Barr, was deposed last week.

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Reps. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., and Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who attended part of Barr’s deposition, left the room roughly halfway through the sit-down and accused Republicans of insufficiently probing questions during their allotted time to depose Barr.

Comer, who argued those accusations were baseless, implored Democrats not to politicize a bipartisan investigation.

Divisions deepened after Comer said Barr had no knowledge of, nor did he believe, any implications of wrongdoing on President Donald Trump’s part related to Epstein.

House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., who was not in the room, released a statement after the deposition, claiming Barr did not clear Trump.

Cáritas Internationalis lanzó una denuncia sobre la situación en Gaza, calificando la hambruna como el resultado de “decisiones calculadas” y no de un accidente trágico. En un comunicado difundido este lunes, la organización católica advirtió que la población civil está siendo “matada de hambre, bombardeada y exterminada”, y responsabilizó tanto a Israel como a los países y corporaciones que, con su apoyo militar, financiero o diplomático, permiten la continuidad de la catástrofe: “Su silencio no es neutralidad, es aprobación”.

La denuncia de Cáritas coincidió con uno de los momentos más críticos del conflicto: el 20 de agosto, las fuerzas israelíes llevaron a cabo una nueva incursión en Gaza. Dos días más tarde, la ONU confirmó oficialmente la existencia de una hambruna en el enclave, un hecho sin precedentes en Medio Oriente: al menos 273 personas, incluidos 112 niños, habían muerto de hambre.

La declaración del organismo internacional representó un hito doloroso. Según la clasificación del sistema IPC, más del 30% de la población de Gaza está en “fase 5”, la más grave, definida como catastrófica. La Organización Mundial de la Salud advirtió que más de medio millón de personas se encuentran atrapadas en esa condición, mientras que otro 58% vive en inseguridad alimentaria aguda. Para Cáritas, este escenario no es consecuencia del azar: “El asedio de Gaza se ha convertido en una maquinaria de aniquilación, sostenida por la impunidad y el silencio, o la complicidad, de las naciones poderosas”.

El comunicado agregó: “No se trata de un trágico accidente. Es el resultado de decisiones calculadas. Una población despojada de refugio, sustento y seguridad ha sido abandonada a su suerte ante los ojos del mundo”. Para la organización, lo que ocurre no es una guerra, sino “la destrucción sistemática de la vida de la población civil”.

Cáritas también apuntó contra la respuesta de la comunidad internacional, que considera insuficiente. “Mientras tanto, la comunidad internacional se limita a declaraciones vacías y lugares comunes”, acusó.

La organización recordó que el hambre como arma viola no solo principios éticos universales, sino también disposiciones legales específicas. “Representan un desprecio flagrante de los valores y principios fundamentales de la humanidad y violan claramente el derecho internacional humanitario, los derechos humanos y numerosas disposiciones de convenciones específicas de Naciones Unidas, incluyendo la Convención para la Prevención y la Sanción del Delito de Genocidio”, señaló.

El papa Francisco también fue citado en el comunicado. En su encíclica Fratelli tutti, recordó: “O nos salvamos todos juntos o no se salva nadie”. Cáritas complementó el llamado con dos pasajes bíblicos: “Alza tu voz por los que no tienen voz” (Proverbios 31, 8) y “Todo lo que no hicisteis a uno de estos más pequeños, tampoco lo hicisteis a mí” (Mateo 25, 45).

La organización no se limitó a las denuncias: presentó un pliego de exigencias. Entre ellas, un alto el fuego inmediato y permanente, acceso humanitario sin restricciones, liberación de rehenes y detenidos arbitrarios, despliegue de una fuerza de paz de Naciones Unidas y rendición de cuentas de todos los responsables en tribunales nacionales e internacionales. También pidió aplicar plenamente la opinión consultiva de la Corte Internacional de Justicia de julio de 2024, que ordenó el fin de la ocupación de territorios palestinos, el cese de asentamientos y la evacuación de colonos, además de reparaciones a las víctimas.

Sobre el terreno, la tragedia es palpable. Médicos y cooperantes describen a niños en estado de extrema delgadez, madres que no pueden amamantar por falta de alimento, familias que hierven hierbas o beben agua salobre para sobrevivir. Según datos de Reuters, solo en los primeros 20 días de agosto murieron 133 personas por desnutrición, incluidos 25 menores. Los suplementos terapéuticos apenas alcanzan a 6.000 niños, aunque la necesidad supera los 70.000.

Catherine Russell, directora ejecutiva de Unicef, criticó la falta de acción internacional. Calificó de “algo obsceno” que se discuta la validez de los datos sobre el hambre “mientras los niños mueren en Gaza”, según informó Politico. Sus palabras coincidieron con imágenes de hospitales desbordados y campamentos improvisados donde ancianos y enfermos languidecen bajo el calor extremo.

Incluso en el terreno político estadounidense se produjeron giros inesperados. El senador Bernie Sanders y la congresista Marjorie Taylor Greene, representantes de polos ideológicos opuestos, coincidieron en denunciar la situación como “genocidio” y exigieron poner fin a la ayuda militar a Israel.

El secretario general de la ONU, António Guterres, describió la crisis como “una catástrofe provocada por el hombre” y “un fracaso de la humanidad”.

“Cáritas Internationalis hace una exhortación a todas las personas de fe y conciencia para que alcen la voz, presionen a sus gobiernos y exijan justicia. El mundo está mirando. La historia está tomando nota. Y Gaza está esperando, no palabras, sino la salvación”, concluyó el comunicado.

EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is unleashing on Democrats who have condemned the move by ICE to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia and deport him to Uganda.

Abrego Garcia is a Salvadoran national who was arrested by ICE on Monday at his check-in at the agency’s office in Baltimore, Maryland, and he’s expected to be deported to a third-party country, likely Uganda. 

«Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not and will never be a Maryland Man—he is a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and public safety threat,» a senior DHS Official told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement.

ICE ARRESTS ABREGO-GARCIA AT MARYLAND CHECK-IN, LAWYER SAYS

«It is insane that sanctuary politicians chose to glorify and stand with an MS-13 gang member over the safety of American citizens. President Trump and Secretary Noem are not going to allow this illegal alien, who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator, to terrorize American citizens any longer.»

Earlier this year, Abrego Garica was first deported to El Salvador for being a suspected gang member, which caused a nationwide controversy that sparked visits to the Central American country, including by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland. However, he ended up later facing charges in the U.S. for alleged human smuggling after a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop resurfaced.

Last week, Abrego Garcia made his way back to Maryland from Tennessee, and a U.S. Magistrate Judge ordered that if he was taken into ICE custody that he would need to have «access to his attorneys» in order to «prepare for trial in this case.» His brief freedom was slammed as the result of «publicity hungry Maryland judge» by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

ABREGO GARCIA TO APPEAR AT ICE OFFICE IN BALTIMORE AMID TALK OF UGANDA DEPORTATION

In this handout provided by Sen. Van Hollen’s Office, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) meets with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (L) at an undisclosed location on April 17, 2025 in San Salvador, El Salvador.   (Sen. Van Hollen’s Office via Getty Images)

In a news release first shared with Fox News Digital, DHS is specifically taking aim at a handful of posts on X from Democratic lawmakers.

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«ICE is holding Kilmar Ábrego García and refusing to answer questions from his lawyers — while the Trump Admin continues to spread lies about his case. Instead of spewing unproven allegations on social media, they need to put up or shut up IN COURT. Mr. Ábrego García must be allowed to defend himself,» Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-M.D., posted on Monday.

«The Trump admin wrongly sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a horrific El Salvadoran prison. Now, just days after he was reunited with his family, they’re trying to deny him his rights and deport him to Uganda. Kilmar—like everyone—deserves a fair hearing to defend himself,» Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., posted.

JUDGE SETS STRICT CONDITIONS FOR ABREGO GARCIA’S RELEASE AS TRUMP OFFICIALS PURSUE CASE AGAINST HIM

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blamed «activist» judges for the release of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia on Friday, August 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

«Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice,» Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, wrote.

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His detention in Maryland is likely to be scrutinized by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, who intensely questioned Trump officials for details over his removal and his current legal status.

Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.