James Comer
American politician in Kentucky (born 1972)
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- Comer said in a statementCNBCcnbc.com/2026/09…
No one is above the law."... We will continue to seek transparency for the American people and justice for survivors
- In a statement after the House voted to hold Black in contempt of Congress, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer saidBBCbbc.com/news/articles…
- Comer of Kentucky saidThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/jeffrey…
Mr Black’s testimony is crucial to our investigation because he maintained a close personal relationship with Epstein for years during the time when Epstein was engaged in sex trafficking... We made it clear to Mr Black and his attorneys that if he did not comply, then the committee would initiate contempt proceedings
- Comer addedGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
No one is above the law. Leon Black defied two subpoenas, and the US House of Representatives acted swiftly to find him in contempt of Congress,
- panel chairman James Comer said in a statementSouth China Morning Postscmp.com/news/world…
I subpoenaed Leon Black for testimony and documents critical to our investigation. But he has refused to comply. Leon Black is legally required to appear for a deposition in front of the Oversight Committee and required to turn over all nondisclosure agreements to which he was a party,
- Comer said at the committee meeting on TuesdayCNNcnn.com/2026/09…
Subpoenas are not suggestions; they carry the force of law and require full compliance
- the representative James Comer, who chairs the committee, said in the chamber on Tuesday afternoon before the voting beganGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
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The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…House Oversight votes to hold Leon Black in contempt over Epstein deposition
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Newsweeknewsweek.com/how/mitch…McConnell’s return shines spotlight on older lawmakers
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HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/james…Fox host says Mitch McConnell must return to work — or quit
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Comer indicates McConnell staffers aiming for lawmaker to return to Senate later this month
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/comer…Comer expects McConnell to return with Senate after Labor Day
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/house…Billionaire Leon Black refuses to testify in Epstein investigation and sues House committee
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1414753…Leon Black sues US Congress over Jeffrey Epstein probe
Financial Timesft.com/content/c99a833b…House Republicans launch investigation into DEA tactic that allowed fentanyl to hit streets
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/dea…Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty in US to conspiring to conceal COVID records
Deccan Heralddeccanherald.com/world/us…A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Senate Republicans vote to hold Fauci in contempt after Fifth Amendment testimony
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1411431…The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a referral pushed by its Republican Chair Rand Paul of Kentucky, a longtime Fauci antagonist
The Jerusalem Postjpost.com/international/articl…Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at Rand Paul-led US Senate COVID hearing
The Jerusalem Postjpost.com/international/articl…Republican Senator Bernie Moreno has defended using an expletive while speaking with Dr. Anthony Fauci during a contentious Senate hearing on Wednesday
Newsweeknewsweek.com/bernie/moreno…Comer warns Fauci: Biden’s pardon doesn’t cover testimony this week
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/5995368…While chronicling his management of the spiraling health emergency, Fauci also wrote frequently of his rapidly rising fame in his private 2020 journals, which were released by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky, earlier this week
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/entertainment/anth…Sen Ron Johnson talks Fauci emails, new Senate filibuster strategy on 'Ruthless'
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/sen…On Wednesday, the retired scientist will notch one more testimony, in what is expected to be a combative hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
CNNcnn.com/2026/07…Senate committee postpones vote on whether to advance CDC director nominee
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Dr. Erica Schwartz has been nominated to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CNNcnn.com/2026/07…Comer threatens to subpoena Dershowitz after he refuses Epstein testimony
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/comer…Jamie Raskin's (D-Md.) inquiry previews the types of investigations the party could launch with subpoena power if they retake a chamber this fall
Axiosaxios.com/2026/07…Former Obama counsel ‘not completely truthful’ in Epstein testimony, Democrats say
Guardiantheguardian.com/us/news…Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news
Forbes UKforbes.com/sites/alisondurkee…Comer knocks ‘weak’ Republicans who won’t support Trump-backed SAVE America Act
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/house…During an appearance on Fox News' "The Big Weekend Show," Comer questioned why Republican senators have not united behind legislation requiring proof of citizenship and voter identification for federal elections
Newsmaxnewsmax.com/politics/james…James Comer fires back at Democrats' vow to investigate Trump's America 250 bash
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/james…But the private sector's unifying ambitions have been met with a mixed response, complicated by an uneasy national mood
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/donald…Democrats seize on Trump earnings to go after GOP on affordability
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/administr…Trump Insists ‘There’s Nothing Wrong’ With His Big Crypto Gains
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…Longtime Clinton aide walks back claim former president visited Epstein’s island
CNNcnn.com/2026/06…Former Bill Clinton aide Doug Band is set to face a grilling by congressional investigators after his name was referenced dozens of times in the Epstein files
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/clinton…Billionaire Leon Black abruptly walks out of Epstein investigation hearing
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1407286…I didn’t know Hyde,’ the investor — who features prominently in the Epstein files — told US lawmakers
South China Morning Postscmp.com/news/world…Bill Gates Tells Epstein Probe He ‘Should Never Have Met’, Denies Knowledge Of Crimes
ABP Livenews.abplive.com/news/world…Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates delivered a series of striking personal and political claims during congressional testimony this week focused on his past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Longtime Epstein assistant paints late sex offender as master manipulator and denies knowing about his crimes
CNNcnn.com/2026/06…Those gripped by the Epstein saga will hope the appearance of his executive assistant before a US House committee can illuminate a case that still refuses to yield all its secrets
Brisbane Timesbrisbanetimes.com.au/world/nor…Bondi’s replacement saddled with Epstein baggage as he awaits grueling confirmation battle
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/bondi…Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai are the first names to emerge from the House Oversight Committee after lawmakers began reviewing the federal government’s handling of the investigations into the dead sex offender and alleged ties to a wider network of powerful abusers
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Bondi refuses to answer questions on Trump role in Epstein files release
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/americas…Former United States Attorney General Pam Bondi has appeared before a closed-door congressional hearing as lawmakers seek answers about unreleased documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Khanna: Trump would fire Lutnick if he heard Epstein answers
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/house…Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing questions from congressional investigators Wednesday about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein after revelations that his contact with the late convicted sex offender extended years beyond what he initially claimed
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Esquireesquire.com/news/politics…The mystery deaths, disappearance of US nuclear scientists that has sparked FBI scrutiny: ‘‘It’s getting serious’
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…The disappearances and deaths of at least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have drawn scrutiny from online sleuths and now federal investigators
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International Business Times AUibtimes.com.au/mystery/deepens…A retired Air Force general missing from his New Mexico home
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Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/top…Bondi Ordered by House Committee to Testify on Epstein Probe
Bloomberg Newsbloomberg.com/news/articles…Bondi was ordered to appear for a deposition on April 14 by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform after a vote earlier this month that was supported by five Republicans
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/pam…Richard Kahn, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accountant, gives closed-door testimony to House Oversight Committee
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/congress…Lawmakers probe Epstein's financial network and influential connections
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/americas…Comer: Trump’s first DOJ asked officials to end earlier probe of Epstein ranch in 2019
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/state…House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced Wednesday that the committee will seek testimony from one of the prison guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein died, saying "we have a lot of questions" amid news of a suspicious cash deposit and newly surfaced Department of Justice (DOJ) records
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Daily Maildailymail.co.uk/news/article…House Oversight Committee calls Bill Gates, Leon Black to testify over Jeffrey Epstein ties
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International Business Timesibtimes.com/james/comer…Comer on sending US troops into Iran: ‘Sometimes that’s unavoidable’
The Hillthehill.com/homenews/house…Comer also paid respects to the six U.S. personnel who had died in the operation launched Saturday, which led to the death of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Newsweeknewsweek.com/james/comer…Goldman Sachs' departing top lawyer Ruemmler to testify on Epstein ties
Reutersreuters.com/world/us…US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to testify before a congressional panel investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Furious Hillary Clinton calls halt to deposition after unauthorised photo leak
The Independentindependent.co.uk/tv/news…Each was also asked by the Democratic side whether Trump should come before the committee himself, given his own known past ties to the late financier and sex trafficker
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/politics/watch…Former President Clinton defends Hillary Clinton in video statement after depositions
CNNcnn.com/2026/02…Former President Bill Clinton began what was expected to be hours of testimony as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, striking a less defiant tone than Hillary Clinton did a day earlier
The New York Timesnytimes.com/live/2026…Emergence of Epstein island photo leads to new calls for Lutnick to testify
CNNcnn.com/2026/02…Justice Department accused of briefly removing image of Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick from released Epstein files
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Hillary Clinton’s shocking claims after testifying in Epstein probe; ‘Asked about UFOs, ‘pizzagate’
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/videos/worl…NEW YORK — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defiantly faced lawmakers for more than six hours in a closed-door deposition Thursday, after the Republican-House Oversight Committee subpoenaed her and her husband Bill Clinton to appear in its investigation into their ties with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
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NBC Newsnbcnews.com/politics/elections…The ruling from a Trump-appointed federal judge is the third in recent weeks to reject the administration’s demand for voters’ personal data from nearly every state
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/02…