Merrick Garland Letter to Chairman Comer

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM LETTER TO CHAIRMAN COMER FROM FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK B. GARLAND DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 This one-page signed letter is a direct written response from former Attorney General Merrick Garland to Chairman James Comer. The letter is framed as a factual submission governed by federal false-statement law and is presented as Garland's personal recollection regarding Epstein- and Maxwell-related matters during his period as Attorney General. Garland states that he served as Attorney General from March 11, 2021 through January 20, 2025, and notes that Jeffrey Epstein's death and Ghislaine Maxwell's indictment both predated his tenure in that office. The central representation in the letter is that he does not recall receiving a status update or similar report concerning Epstein or Maxwell while serving as Attorney General, while allowing for the possibility that some update could have occurred without leaving a present memory. As a congressional record, the significance of this document is not substantive case detail but accountability posture: it creates a dated, signed response from a former cabinet official that can be compared against other records, testimony, and production logs. In the committee context, this type of letter often serves as an alternative to live testimony when witness counsel and committee staff agree on a written-response path. For the archive, this is a concise but important oversight artifact showing how the Committee documented witness recollection from a former Attorney General during the 2025 phase of its Epstein records inquiry. Source: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Available at: https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025.09.24-Letter-to-Comer.pdf