The House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Wednesday issued a congressional subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein, summoning her for a deposition scheduled to take place at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11.

“The facts and circumstances surrounding both your and Mr. Epstein’s cases have received immense public interest and scrutiny,” Comer wrote in a statement announcing the move.

Maxwell, convicted in 2022 on federal sex trafficking and related charges, is currently serving a 20-year sentence.

Before issuing the subpoena, Comer said legal steps would be required to coordinate with her counsel. “What we're talking about here is someone who's in federal prison on appeal, so our attorneys will have to communicate with her attorneys to see if there are terms, if she wants,” he said. “If there are no terms, we'll roll in there quick.”

The effort mirrors Comer’s previous attempt to depose Jason Galanis — a former business associate of Hunter Biden and Devon Archer — during the Republican-led impeachment inquiry into then-President Joe Biden.

“I did that with Galanis, and the Democrats were real offended that we would want to interview anyone in prison. But now, you know, they all want to interview someone in prison,” Comer said.

The committee has previously released video excerpts of closed-door interviews — including sessions where witnesses invoked their Fifth Amendment rights — suggesting footage from the Maxwell deposition may eventually be made public as well.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi stated Monday that Deputy Attorney Todd Blanche is expected to meet with Maxwell in the coming days.

Separately, former President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform last week that he had directed the Department of Justice to “release all Grand Jury testimony with respect to Jeffrey Epstein, subject only to Court Approval.”

Comer suggested that Maxwell’s prison deposition could draw broad congressional interest.

“There will be so many members of Congress that'll want to be in that prison,” he said. “I would assume that there’ll be a lot of members of the Oversight Committee — in both parties — that’ll want to be there.”

A congressional subpoena is a formal legal instrument compelling an individual to testify before Congress or provide documents relevant to an investigation.