The House Oversight committee on Tuesday released more documents related to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, which it obtained from Epstein’s estate, including the transcript of former Attorney General William Barr’s deposition.Â
The committee released its first batch of documents from the estate earlier this month, which included a birthday book that allegedly included a birthday note from President Donald Trump, Epstein’s last will and testament, entries from Epstein’s address/contact books from January 1, 1990, through his death, and information about Epstein’s known bank accounts.
The new documents included Barr’s testimony and letters from two other former attorneys general, who deny knowledge of information relevant to the committee’s investigation into the federal government’s Epstein probe, per The Hill.
Barr recalled in his deposition that he was made aware of an investigation into Epstein by the Southern District of New York in 2019, but stated that he did not follow the case well.
“I’m not generally familiar — or even specifically familiar — with the evidence amassed by the Southern District to prosecute either Epstein before he committed suicide, obviously, and then what they may have collected that affected other potential defendants,” Barr said. “In other words, I wasn’t monitoring the case that closely to know what the evidence was.”
Barr also testified that he did not remember discussing Trump’s presence in the Justice Department’s files on Epstein. Barr served as Trump’s attorney general from 2019 to 2020.Â
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer additionally sent letters on Tuesday to House Speaker Mike Johnson on his committee’s investigation and the Epstein estate requesting unredacted versions of the late, disgraced financier’s cash ledgers, message logs, calendars and flight logs.Â
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
