# House panel blasts government over Epstein investigation

> The House Oversight Committee says federal authorities failed survivors and calls for the Justice Department to interview key witnesses in the Epstein case.
- Title: House panel blasts government over Epstein investigation
- Summary: The House Oversight Committee says federal authorities failed survivors and calls for the Justice Department to interview key witnesses in the Epstein case.
- Keywords: house oversight and government reform co, jeffrey epstein, ghislaine maxwell, department of justice, sex trafficking, james comer, survivors, CNBC
- Source: CNBC — https://cnbc.com/2026/11/10/jeffrey-epstein-house-oversight-doj.html
- Author: Dan Mangan
- Published: 2026-11-10T15:43:55+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: house oversight and government reform co, jeffrey epstein, ghislaine maxwell, department of justice, sex trafficking, james comer, survivors, business, finance
## Committee releases damning report
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a sharply critical report on the federal government's handling of investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
## Government failed survivors for decades
Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement: The federal government has failed the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's horrific crimes for decades.

> The federal government has failed the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's horrific crimes for decades
## DOJ told to interview key witnesses
The report called for the Justice Department to interview or reinterview key witnesses with information about Epstein's sex trafficking of young women and girls.
## Financial institutions enabled trafficking
The committee said American Express and other financial institutions enabled Epstein's activity by allowing fraudulent decoy flights and dummy itineraries to transport foreign women across borders to his residences.
## Banks failed to report suspicious activity
Financial institutions possessed substantial information about Epstein's criminal history but failed to adequately address compliance risks, in some cases reporting them years later after his August 2019 arrest.
## Key takeaway

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a critical report saying the federal government failed Epstein survivors for decades and called on the Justice Department to interview key witnesses.