Letter Requesting Interview with Lesley Groff

From: Rep. James Comer, Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformTo: Lesley Groff, House Oversight Committee Majority Staff
Transcribed Interview RequestLesley GroffHouse OversightEpstein Investigation
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM LETTER REQUESTING A TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW: LESLEY GROFF DATED MARCH 3, 2026 This is a House Oversight interview-request letter sent to Lesley Groff and transmitted electronically. The Committee asks Ms. Groff to appear in Washington, D.C., for a transcribed interview as part of its ongoing review of Epstein- and Maxwell-related federal investigative activity. The letter reiterates the same investigative framework used across the March 3, 2026 witness letters. It identifies alleged federal mismanagement, circumstances of Epstein's death, anti-trafficking enforcement concerns, influence-seeking conduct by Epstein and Maxwell, and possible ethics-rule violations as the principal review areas. The Committee states that its request is based on information from public reporting, DOJ document releases, and records already obtained through committee processes. Procedurally, the letter provides a specific interview schedule and directs the recipient to contact Majority staff for coordination. It also cites House Rule X to establish oversight authority and copies Ranking Member Robert Garcia. These elements make the document both a witness request and a formal committee record of investigative intent and scope. For archive users, this letter is important as a primary source showing the Committee's transition into targeted testimony collection, and it helps map chronology across the spring 2026 interview campaign. Source: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Available at: https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/3.3.26-Lesley-Groff-TI-Request.pdf

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The Epstein Case in 2026

On January 30, 2026, the Justice Department released more than 3 million additional pages, plus more than 2,000 videos and about 180,000 images, bringing its total production under the Transparency Act to nearly 3.5 million pages. The year brought House Oversight depositions, including Ghislaine Maxwell's February 9 appearance in which she invoked the Fifth Amendment, along with continuing litigation over redactions. Later in the year, the Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general (August 8), a federal judge denied Maxwell's motion to vacate her conviction (August 25), the Justice Department appealed a court order over its redactions, and the House held Leon Black in contempt of Congress (September 16). The archive continues to add records as they become available.

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