Representative James R. Comer, the Kentucky Republican who leads the Oversight Committee, issued the subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi this month after a few G.O.P. lawmakers on the panel teamed with Democrats to force his hand. It set an Aug. 19 deadline for the Justice Department to give the committee all of its files related to Mr. Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in federal prison while awaiting trial in 2019.
But ahead of his announcement on Monday, Mr. Comer signaled to reporters at the Capitol that he did not expect the Justice Department to meet the deadline, chalking it up to the sheer volume of records it had on Mr. Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate who is serving a 20-year sentence on sex trafficking charges.
“There are many records in D.O.J.’s custody, and it will take the Department time to produce all the records and ensure the identification of victims and any child sexual abuse material are redacted,” Mr. Comer said in a statement.
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