Epstein files: House committee plans hearings with victims, Comer says

The chairman of the House committee investigating late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Friday that he planned to hold hearings to give Epstein’s victims the chance to speak about his crimes against them.

Rep. James Comer’s promise to hold those hearings came a day after first lady Melania Trump urged Congress to give “women who have been victimized by Epstein … a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors.”

“I agree with the first lady and appreciate what she said,” Comer, R-Ky., said in a Fox News interview. “We will have hearings.”

Comer said that hearings featuring victims of Epstein would be held after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee finishes taking testimony from several high-profile people who had been connected to Epstein and his former associates.

“I’ve always planned on having hearings with the victims,” Comer told Fox News.

“My attorneys on the Oversight Committee have been communicating on a constant basis for months with the attorneys representing Epstein victims, he said.

“There are some victims who are willing to come in. Most victims aren’t, and I completely understand that. But we have always planned on having a hearing with Epstein victims once the depositions have been completed.”