Comer Threatens Sept. 2 Dershowitz Subpoena in Epstein Probe After July 20 Testimony Pullout
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Comer Threatens Sept. 2 Dershowitz Subpoena in Epstein Probe After July 20 Testimony Pullout
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Summary
James Comer told Alan Dershowitz to appear for a videotaped, transcribed House Oversight interview on Sept. 2 or face compulsory process in the committee’s Epstein-Maxwell investigation.
The threat followed Dershowitz’s withdrawal from a voluntary July 20 interview after his counsel said on July 15 he could not testify and then gave no explanation in follow-up exchanges, according to Comer’s letter.
Dershowitz had publicly said in June that he was prepared to testify and would not invoke privilege, but he later told The Harvard Crimson his lawyers had barred him from appearing because of unspecified legal prohibitions.
The yearlong bipartisan probe has already subpoenaed Pam Bondi, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, while Bill Gates, Kathryn Ruemmler and Doug Band have sat for voluntary interviews.